St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-03-03
ABB. F. HrLpRErH 4 D. d. W. CARVER, EDITORS
st. Charles City, Iowa, March 3, 1859.
Floyd County Agricultural Society.

towns in Floyd county was held in
Cheney & Brackets Hall, in this vii
lagc, on Saturday last, for the purpose
of forming a County Agricultural So
ciety. The meeting organized by
elccting James CoIcy, of Floyd, as
Chairman {; and d. w. Poindcxter, of
st. Charles City, as Secretary.
The Importance of organizing an
agricultural society of the County was
discussed by various gentlemen pres
ent, and the Secretary read the stat
utcs of the State which relate to the
encouragement of agriculture, from
which it appeared that the County was
entitled to a sum of money from the
State Treasury to the amount of 5000
annually, provided a like sum is APP
propriated by the citizens of the coun-
ty, for the benefit of agriculture. 1t
was also apparent that this county
has been constantly paying taxes to
benefit the agricultural interests of
other counties, without enjoying any
such benefit herself.
After a thorough discussion and in
vestigation of the subject it was
Totd. That a committee of one from each
Township in the county be appointed Ivy the
Chair to draft a constitution or articles of in
corporation for a County Agricultural Society,
and report the same for adoption at a meeting
of the citizens of the County at the same
place, two weeks from that time.
The Chair appointed the following
gentlemen as
COMMITTEE TO REPORT CONSTITUTION.
ockford--Horace Steams.
IniOR-David Ripley.
ROck Grore-W. I. Gaylord.
EEar-JOhn Ball.
F10y4-N. A. Rice.
(sddr-David Crawford.
NRGs-Ncwman butcher.
81. ChGrles-R. ". Humphrey.
RireytVn-D. J. Horton.
On motion it was
Voted, That the Secretary notify such mem.
hers of the committee rs are not present,
through the mail or otherwise, Of their ap-
pointmcnt.
1t was suggested that no lawyer
vas appointed upon the Committee,
and it being necessary to have the ar
ticles Of incorporation in legal form,
Messrs. Patterson, Parsons and Poin.
dexter were appointed an advisory
committee, whose duty it is to confer
with the previously appointed commit
tee in drafting the constitution.
1t was voted that the Secretary fur
nish a report of the proceedings OF
the meeting for publication in the In
telligcnccr.
On motion, adjourned to meet again
at Cheney Il Brackets Hall, in st
Charles City, on Saturday March 10Th,
at one o'clock, =. NJ.
We have waited until the hour OF
going 10 press, and no report having
been handed in, we are compelled hur-
ricdIy to write out the above particu,
lars from memory.
The discussions throughout the
meeting were quite animated. and
much enthusiasm was manifested in
behalf Of the agricultural interests OF
the County. Some twenty-five or
thirty gentlemen were present, and all
seemed determined that the Society
should be a success. We anticipate
a large turnout at the adjourned meet
ing on Saturday of next week.
1t is in contemplation to hold a Tn
ion Agricultural Fair in the Upper Ce-
dar Valley, next fall, in which some
halfdozen counties shall unite. In
this way we doubt not a splendid cX-
hibition will be given.