Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-10-21
LOCAL NEWS
Worcester Agricultural Society.

| Worcester Agricultural Society.
The annual meeting of this Society, for the
choice of officers, &C., was held at the Society s
hall, in this city, yesterday. 1t was called to
order at 10 IL O'Clock, by the President, Will
liam S. Lincoln, Esq, who, after few prelimina-
~ remarks, said that the first business in order
was to elect board of officers for the ensuing
year from an. l. 1859
On motion of Mr.. Sanborn of Westboro', it
was voted to proceed at once to the choice of a
President, by ballot, and the committee appoint
ed to collect and count the votes reported that
the whole number of votes cast was 62, Of
which William S. Lincoln, Esq, received fifty
eight, and he was accordingly reelected.
Upon motion to that effect. a committee of
seven was appointed by the Chair to nominate
Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Secretaries, and one
hundred and twenty five Trustees.
THE TRoTTINe COURSE.
While the committee out, Hon. Levi
Lincoln, in behalf of committee appointed on
the I'd ult., to inquire into and report upon the
various sums and amount of expense incurred by
the Society and paid from the treasury, since the
last purchase of land. for the preparation of a
track or trotting ground also, the sums paid
into the treasury for the use of said grouuds-re-
ported verbally, in part, that the committee
charged with that duty had attended to it, so far
as they had been able to do, in the time afforded
them.
some items of Importance, that required in7es.
tigation had yet to be considered but he would
state, briefly, some facts that had been elected
by the examination, SO far as it had been pur.
sued, viz:
That the expense of the track had involved an
expenditure of 1851 81; besides which, there
had been paid from the treasury the further sum
of Sl377 55, for grading and culyert: them the
judges stand, which, it was understood, at the
time, was to cost the Society nothing, had cost
the Society S2O6 05, and for the seats upon the
ground, the Society had also paid the further
sum of S3lS 46. The whole receipts, for the two
years, from the rent of seats, so far as they had
been able to learn, were S72 81 The sum of
Sll65, which had been raised by individual sub
scriptons, mainly from members of the Society,
had been paid into the treasury, and there had
been received, from horse exhibition, on the 4th
OF July last, the sum of 1881 A. There was
large attendance of people at the time and it
had been said that the receipts we're about eleven
hundred dollars but the committee had not yet
been able to learn what was the exact amount,
or how that portion had been appropriated, which
had not come into the hands of the Treasurer 1t
had been suggested, that part of this money had
been paid as bounty for the winning horse, but
he believed that the original understanding was,
that, for such exhibitions, the Society should re-
ceive all the money taken at the gates.
1t was then voted to grant the committee
further time for the completion of their report.
TREAsURER's REPORT.
The Treasurer's report was then submitted by
that officer from which we compile the following
statement: