Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-01-25

IgriCultural Society are Iully lIhpIesSs" u
With the Importance Of protecting the i
WOOL. producing interests of Vermont .
" an additional, and at least an equal
with the manufacturers, ana
while in this period Of our countrys
history, when all the revenue that can
,e raised Is necessary to support the
government the producers are ready 10
olstajn the burdens Of taxation eQuaUV
With the other material Interests OF the
country, they regard it as - right THAI
,hev should receive the protection that
will make their productions equally re
with the other great interests
Of the nation,
Re.0Epe9, That these resolutions he signed
by the President and Secretary, ana
to our Senators aud Repre-
in Congress.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
A.D. Smith, ESQ, Treasurer, present
ed his annual report Of which the fol-
lowing is an extract:
OF the certificates issued at our last
Fair for premiums, there has been paid
the amount of 1882. For officers fees
and expenses, $37 making a total OF
1859. leaving q balance of premiums as
published in the HERALD, unpaid, OF
$40 Is. Messrs. futile, Gay 4 Co., have
presented a certificate for printing, OF
1892 %, which is yet unpaid, there not
being funds enough in the treasury at |
the time Of presentation to pay the /
same. The above unpaid certificates /
IN 20 whole IN G3(6 III
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Rutland County Agricultural Society
to A, D. Smith, Treasurer.
To amount paid or old
certificates. Sl60 Al
269 o.
yotal. S424 A.
By amt rec, of W. H. Smith $40 90
at Fair In cash, 344 90
Town managers in
Cash lOl 90
Total $455 90
Leaving balance in
treasury o. $oO 6V
1855 90
Amount OF certificates presented
and unpaid, old and new, $3O6 81
Cash in treasury 80 80
| Leaving an amount or certlh-
Gates upprovided for OF $275 70
The receipts and expenses for the year
of 1865 as far as they have come to the
| H. 80 l avon ira aJ fn,l
lows:
Total receipts in cash, $455 90
Cash paid on certificates Of 1865, 269 90
Certificates unpaid of 1865 for
premiums, AZ 70
Messrs. futile, Gay & Co.. bill
for printing, 49, 70
Total expenses. $3.50 so
Which taken from the receipts would
leave a balance in the treasury Of
1865, of 81 So
The receipts Of 1865, compared with
the two previous years, are as follows I:
Amount of receipts upon treasury
book for 1868, 1892 90
Amount of receipts as shown by
treasurers book for 1854, S298 90, a gain
, of $66.
Amount Of receipts for 1865, $3.50 90,
{ | which shows an increase of 1857 90
over 1864 and q gain of 1928 90 over
| 1863, or in other words, only lacking the
small sum of SO 90 Of being double the
receipts in 1866 of 1858; showing the So
cety to be in prosperous condition.
If the Society can raise sufficient
: funds to pay all outstanding debts, so as
to allay all i'll feeling and jealOusies
and with prudent expenditure of funds
in future, there is not any thing to hind
er the Rutland County Agricultural So
ciety from being the first In Vermont, Il
not the first In the Union.
All Of which is very respectfully sub
mitted, A, d. SMITH,
Treasurer.
3 Rutland, ", Jan. II, 1855.
} The report of tbs Treasurer @as
> adopted.
Mr. Franklin Billings, Superintendent
- of the Fair Grounds, and Treasurer o
. the Rutland County Park Association
= presented his report of which the f.!
4 lowing i4a summary:
= Whole amount of receipts dur
ing the Fair, SJIO 81
, Receipts ffOm other sources, zJO *
II Total, Sl,ll0 81
. The Auditor presented his repor
g | which was adopted
IT The Society proceeded to the election
e Of officers for the ensuing year whiol
resulted as follows:
+ President-Hon. Pitt ", Hyde, Hyde
d Vile
Vice Presidents-Lnsey Rounds, Jr
'. No. Clarendon; L, Howard Kellogg
~ Benson.
re Secretary-Heury Clark, Poultney.
"a Treasurer-A ID. Smith, Dandy.
% Auditor-nenry P. Lsthrop, Pitts
,r ford.
y. | Board u Mansgers-BensOD, Alno,