Proceedings. 
Executive Board Meetings. 
Ofeice of the Society, Plankinton House, 
Milwaukee , September 6 , 1875. 
In accordance with a provision of the bylaws of the Society, 
that the “executive committee shall [meet on the first day of the 
annual fair/ 1 the board convened in the convenient reading room 
of the Plankinton House, said room having been kindly furnished 
the Society by the gentlemanly proprietor, H. B. Sherman, Esq., 
and for the use of which the board desire to here express their 
sincere thanks. 
President Stilson in the chair. 
Present—Vice-Presidents Dousman, Bryant, Warren, Mitchell 
Clark, and Torrey, Treasurer Blair, and Messrs. Martin, Greene 
- Boyce, Fratt, Cooper, Stevenson, Dean, and Secretary Field. 
President Stilson stated that the board was convened under the 
by-laws of the Society, the object of such meeting being to consult 
together relative to the annual exhibition then about to open, and 
to take such action as the board might deem essential to the high¬ 
est success of the same. He said that the city of Milwaukee had 
again, the same as for years past, contributed generously, donating 
the use of the fair grounds to the society, and in many ways aided 
to make the fair a success. On behalf of the board he thanked 
Milwaukee for what she had done, and hoped she would continue 
to aid the Society in all her efforts to stimulate and encourage the 
agricultural, manufacturing, and other useful enterprises of the 
State, as he doubted not she would. 
3-A 
