The Placer herald., 1862-11-08
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETING.

identified with Agricultural aud other INDUS
trial pursuits, assembled at Empire Hall,
Auburn on Saturday, at one o'clock, p. M,
November fst, 1861
On motion of Dr. J. r Crandall, Hon.
Joseph Wakup was called to the chair. On
motion of Tabb Mitchell, Felix B. Hgg ins;
ESQ. was selected to act as Secretary.
Letters were presented to the meeting
from seveval prominent citizens of the coun'
tv who were unable to attend. They all
warmly favored our undertaking. The let
,ere we're read and ordered to be placed on
file
At the suggestion of S. B. Wyman the
Secretary read the statute relating to the orr
ganizaton and incorporation Of Agricultural
Societies. After the reading of the law Mr..
Wyman moved the appointment of a COM
miltee of five to draft articles of association
for the proposed society, which was adopted
The Chairman appointed as such Com.
mittee S. B. Wyman, JAS. E. Hale, f. b.
Higgins Thos. l.. Chamberlain and }. K.
Crandal. Mr.. Wyman excused himself on
account OF business engagements, and upon
motion of J. E. Hale, the Chairman, Mr..
Walkup, was placed upon the committee.
In order to give the committee time to
report. the meeting took a recess of one
hour.
Upon re assembling, Chas. H Mitchell
and Jas E. Hale were elected Assistant
Secretaries.
JAS Z. Hale, from Committee on articles
of association reported AS follows:
Mr.. President: | am directed bv your
Committee to make the following report of
articles of preliminary organization of an
Agricultural Society in Placer county.
J. E. HALE, Chairman.
"Be it remembered that on this the first
dav Of November, A. d. 1862, we the under
signed citizens of Placer County, and State
of California. together with such other per-
sons as shall hereafter be associated with
US in The manner hereinafter specified, do
hereby organize, constitute and establish
ourselves into an Agricultural Society to be
known and described as "rhe Placer County
Agricultural Society,"" and hereby declare
the purposes Of said organization, and or
dan rules for the temporary governmen. as
follows, to witt
lst, The objects of The organization of
said Society shall be, the promotion and
encouragement in said County and State of
the interests Of Agriculture, Horticulture,
Mining. Mechanics, Manufactures, Stock
Raising and general domestic industry.
2d. ANY citizen or resident of said coun'
tv may become member of said Society
by subscribing the present declaration and
rules of said Society, aud by paying into the
Treasury the sum of - at The time of
Subscribing the same and shall thereby be
entitled to all rights and privileges of mem
bershp for the period of one year from the
date of said organization.
Sd. The officers Of said Society shall con
sist of one President, two Vice Presidents,
one Secretary, one Treasurer, and two Di
rectors-al Of whom shall be members of
said Society and residents of said County,
and during their terms of office shall have
the management OF the fiscal, prudential
and other concerns of sal Society and shall
be STYLED the Board of Managers. The sal
Board Managers to be first elected shall
hold their offices for the period Of -
monlhs, and until their successors shall be
elected and qualified.
4th. 1t shall be the duty IF said first Board
of Managers to adopt all needfu rules for
their own Government, the qualification of
its own members during their said term
and shall prepare and report a draft of a
Constitution and BY Laws for the permanent
government of said Society, for the consider
alton of said Society at its next meeting to
he held at on the
day Of 1S6
5th It shall likewise be the duty Of said
Board Of Managers to make every honorable
exeition to increase the membership of said
Society, and for that purpose and shall au
tholze and depue a nficient number of
suitable and discreet persons in the differ
ent portions of said county to receive such
subscription Of names of members and pay
ment of initiation fees-and shall do and
perform all acts requisite and expedient for
the advancement of the interests of said
Society not inconsistent herewith.
On motion Of S. B. Wyman the report was
received.
The meeting then decided, to act upon the
sections of the report seriat'm.
The preamble and first section were ad-
opted. The blank in the second section
and file. with the words "five dollars" and
the section adopted. The blank in the third
section was filled with the word "two;" and
the section adopted. The blanks of the
fourth section were filled so as to provide for
the next meeting at "Anburn, at one o'clock
P. NJ, on the first day of January, 1862
The fifth and last sections were then adopted.
The report being adopted in foil, gentle
men were requested to subscribe 10 the fore
going articles.
The following names were then subscribed
to the articles, and the five dollar fee of
paid.
Jos. Walkup, Chs. II. Mitchell John R.
Gwynn, Tabb Mitchell, J. R. Crandall, Jas.
E. Hale, Auburn; Saml. B. Wyman, Thos.
L. Chamberlain, M. Cassidy, Titus Ewing,
J. R. Nickerson, VIM. II. Wilson, Alex.
Mills, G. L. Wilson. Jas. p. Dameron, N.
Waldron, H. W. Rood, Lincoln; J. w.
Myrick, Iowa Hill Willis Jones, W. R.
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