Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-02-19

in hand Also to receive ndediust all
claims against the society for IL contin-
gent expenses; and the acting Aesident
for the time shall give orders pn the
treasurer for their payment.
II. There shall also be chosen, 1t the
same time, committee of three Aem-
bers, to examine into the office aid to
report 10 the society as to the mannd in
which the secretary records and re
serves his journals and papers.
l8. AS soon as the funds will admit,
the society may offer premiums for he
best original essays on proposed sub
jec,s; for experiments and improve
menis in husbandiy; for raising the best
crops of grain or vegetables; for the
rearing of the fineA domestic animals
FOR the invention or Improvement OF agri-
cullural implements; for the different
species Of domestic manufactures or for
any Other thing consisten with the OBJ
jects of the society, (which it may in
this way deem proper to encourage
And for the adjudication of such pre-
miums, the society Snail class the sub
jccts, and appoint for och class com
tnlttee OF three or mor6membcrs, whose
duty it shall be to determine to whom
the premium shall be asjadged. Bat 10
premium shall be awarded without COM
petition, unless the committee OF awards
shall deem tie claim higaIy mcritorious.
10. Each person to whom any pre-
MUM shall be awarded, shall be required
to give, in writing, such inlorma,lon on
the subject of tile premium as shall be
deemed by the committee explanatory o!
its merits.
30. All elections OF officers and mem
bers of committees shall be by ballot
and the majority ofmcmhers present, in
cluaili, the presiding officer, Shall de-
eide al! questions except those already
specified.
81. The funds Of the society shall be
Appropriated, by majority Of the mem
bcrs present, to the objects of the socie-
ty, in such manner as shall be deemed
most beneficial.
%. All officers shall be eligible 10
serve as delegates 10 the Agricultural
Society of the State OF Illinois, CT on,
committees, where the duties of the Of
fee and committee do not Interfere.
IS. The secretary shall, 10 each article
Of intelligence, annex tho name Of the
person offering it.
24. Order shall be preserved at the
meetings OF the society by the rules
which are observed for that purpose by
the legislature Of the state, unless other
wise prescribed by the society.
the following persons then signed ihe
Rules and Re- uiallons, aad became mem
bers:
Niicaiah Cox. Edwafd Coles, Curtiss
Brakeman, George c, Aileu, James e.
Canheld, Jarrot Dugg%, Isaac Ferguson,
Johu Murray, Paris Mason, Jordan Uz-
zell, Rowland P. Alld, Henry Kelly,
Abraham Pricke,t, Jus,us D. $ elborsl,
George Churchill, Robey, Reynolds, sen.
Nililam Dwell, Jacob Judy, Daniel
Mecker, Robert G.. Anderson, Robert
Pogue, William c. Wig&ias,N Robesi
Culiet, John Todd, Charles w. hunter,
David SWEET.
The members present then proceeded
10 the election Of officers Of the society
for The present year, when the following
gentlemen were declared du.y elected
CC2Tiss BI.AnE,iAE. President N
EDWARD COLES, Isl Zee President.
ISAAC FERGUSON, I'd Hice President.
ABRAHAM PRTCXETr, Treasurer.
GEORGE CHURCHILL, Secretary.
HOBERT REYNOLDS, sen Cor. Committee.
The society having been thus organic
ed, Mr.. Coles, lst vice president, Che
president being absenD took the chair,
when the following resolutions were
adopted:
Iscsolved, That piece Of plate, OF
the value of five dollars, be presented,
at the next November meeting of the
society. for the most approved essay on
the best mode Of picking and preserving
pork, and pointing out the causes Of the
difference in value between the New
England and western pork.
Resolved, That piece ofplate of tho
value of five dollars, be given at the next
November meeting, to the person WHO
shall make the best specimen of malt
liquor, not less than thirty gallons, wifh-
in the county Of Madison-to be adjudg-
ed by the board ofmanagers. /
Resoiued, That apiece plate, ofthe
value OF five dollars, be awarded, at the
next November meeting, to the person
who shall produce the greatest number
Of wolf scalps not less than i've, taken by
himself within the limits ofthe county OF