Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-01-21
from the indianapolis Journal Of the sih.l
Proceedings of the Ii oard Of Agriculture
and Delegates f.o:n thc Comfy Socie.

Proceedings of tie Ii )ard Of Agricultur
and Delegates from she Coru.y Socie.
ties.
The State Board and Delegates convened
in the Hall of Representatives on Yesterday
The number of Delegates was about sixty
The meeting was the largest that has ever
assembled here.
The county society Of White having
selected Jadge Perkins OF Indianapolis,
TO act as their delegate. resolution
was offered declaring that the statute re-
quired that the delegate should be u citizen
of the county aud a member OF the society
he represented This resolution was dis
eussed at some length and adopted by an
almost unanim ous vote.
The meeting being organized. Dir. Ste
phenson, the President, addressed the del
esates. He referred to the highly prosper
Gus condition of the society; the uniform
success, that /. had now on loans 309Sl So
cents. and in silver ware SllS9, making
together S7l70,S3, besidcds the buildings
and other improvements on the Fair
Grounds.
He alluded to the necessity of extending
these grounds, and of making additional
improvements for the accommodation of
the immense collection OF visitors that an
nualIy attended the Fair. He referred to
the numerous frauds that had been prac-
ticed under the badge system, and of the
necessity which required the Board to
adopt the plan of admission by tickets on
w. he alyertci to the complaints that
had been made to the executive Committee
Of the ineihcieucy of some OF the awarding
committees. OF these, as originally select
ed, but few attended, and the vacancies
had to be Immediately filed, and it was a
matter Of no wonder that under such cir
cumstanceS incompetent individuals would
be found ON committees. 1t was the duty of
the Board and delegates to endeavor 10 all
opt plan by which these objections could
be avoided in future.
Mr. Lane. member of the Executive
Committee. alluded to newspaper reports
that had been male against the purity
OF their action, but after laboring for sever
al years, for he had attended all the meet
ings OF the Board from the organization,
he could truly say that every act of his had
been done with the sole purpose of cor
rectly discharging his duty. and that he
desired every investigation which could be
made into those acts
The Secretary of the Board made his
annual report relative to the condition Of
the Society, and suggesting various mat
ters for the consideration OF the Board and
delegates.
On motion, by DR.. Brown, various por-
tions of this report were referred to several
committees.
Mr. Holloway Of Wayne offered res
olution, directing the Secretary of the
Board 10 report what We're the charges that
had been made to him against q certain
portion Of the State, understood TO be
the county of Wayne, to which he
referred IN bis printed circular OF Deem
ter
Upon motion OF Mr. Murray, the resolu-
zion was modified, so as TO refer the exam
ination of these charges to a committee OF
FIVE, and as modified, was adopted. The
delegates appointed the following as the
committee Mcssrs. Perry, of Clark,
Bracken, Sutherland Of Laporte, Baird Of
Upton. and Stool.
Mr. Fisher moved the adoption of res
olution, to repeal n resolution, passed at a
called meeting of the Board, vesting GER
tain powers in the Executive Committee;
which was referred to q committee on the
constitution and bylaws.
Having agreed to go into an election
ofrnembers OF the State Board whose term
of service expires on to day at O'Clock
A. NJ,
The meeting adjourned,