The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-21
4Gricultural Contention.

raj SoElttN' aSsCuioiSa NJ HSiHia liall idSl
night at ! O'clock. Previous to the meet.
inc of the Convention the Executive Com.
mittcc Of the State Society held session
in the forenoon at the Ballard House. The
proccedings of this committee we publish
first in order.
Proceedings OF the Executive Com.
mittee.
An adjourned meeting of this committee
was held yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock
in tie gentlomen'S parlor in the Ballard
HouSc--the Hon. Willoughby Newton pre-.
siding.
The following report was submitted by
the secretary:
HrDort Of the Secretary Of the Erecutiu,
lommittee cf the Virginia State Agicul
t,rdI Society.
The last annual meeting Of the society
occurred on the occasion Of united fair
and cattle show, which was privately con-
ductcd by the Virginia State and Central
societies i'll October, 1860.
At that meeting, after repeated failures
on former like occasions, quorum of" The
Farmers Assembly" was with much diff
Guilty obtained, the constitution amended,
and that body, which, however imposing IL
might have appeared in theory, proved in
its practical working to be i'll adapted to
the ends proposed to be accomplished
through its instrumeDtality, was with great
uranilnilv dissolved and dispersed, and its
rlcu},ics and duties remitted to the life
sad qualified annual members of the society
il, General meeting assembled.
4 specific duty cnjoined by the consti-
taiion is that the executive committee
shall make anannual report to the society Of
its condition and of any other matters they
may deem pertinent.
1t is only necessary to allude to the va
nous sco"~ging calamities which have be-
fallen our beloved Commonwealth during
the days of tribulation and suffering
through which she has been forced to pass
in the dark interval of the last six years to
sbsolye the executive committee from any
jmm,a,ion of blame for default in the nom
observance of this and other provisions Of
the constitution.
Ii would have proved q vain attempt had
they called a general meeting of the So
rrfy to convene at the usual time, or at
Any other during this period. 1t was simply
impossible, under the existing circum-
stances, to comply with the requirements
81 tie Constitution in respect to the APP
yuutuent of time and place for holding
a,4ml exhibitions, and for general meetings
nI tie society to receive and act upon the
gauurcd reports of the committee. They
were necessarily absolved from these con-
..,Utioual obligations by an insuperable
Imitation upon their ability, for the obli-
c.rlons of duty cease when the corelatiye
lower 10 discharge them is wanting. I'm
d-. these circumstances, the executive
,mmittce, finding themselves invested
Professionally with the powers and duties
the society at large, and solemnly i'm
,rrssrd with tie grave responsibilities de-
g,lycd on them in this relation, anXiously
desired to fulfil the duties of so important
atgust in the manner which, in their de-
lbrratc Judgment, was best adapted to sub
serve the material interests of the So
,lyty and to preserve in tact its means OF
whic usefulness whenever present diSa-
il.cs Shall have been removed and the
way lie providentially opened for the re-
,uuption of its beneticcnt operations IN
lromoting and developing the agricultural
and industrial interests of the State.
\ quarterly meeting of the executive
cnmittee was held, according to CUSTOM
ay usage, in January, 1861 but it was not
.gud practicable TO hold others at later
PERIODS OF that year or since. There was q
called meeting held on the 10th day of De-
,.mbcr, 1861, when the treasurer made a
il. report on the condition of the finance,
which, after a thorough examination by a
>uh-yommttce of accounts, was accepted
and upurovcd. At this meeting the follow
iagresoluti0nS were unanimously adopted.
They disclose fully the purposes of their
al ption without requiring word of com
mrut, and are as follows:
/. Heaolred, That in the present condi-
ton OF the country the interests of the
Virginia State Agricultural Society will be
hest promoted by suspension OF its an
Aual operation.
2Ee>ylrcd, That the secretary and trea-
sUrrr be continued in office at salary of
500; and that he shall collect the interest
igoI time 10 time accruing on the vested
funds Of the society as it may become due,
vad after dcfrayng incidental expenses
SHALL invest the remainder in such perma-
Aynt funds as the president may direct.
s. RcSOiUtd, That the papers, models,
paintings and other things belonging to the
Archives Of the society, shall be left in the
! 'aTe Of the secretary, and secured by him
"a such manner as he may deem most pru-
dent; and that he be authorized to rent
oW the office upon such terms as he may
deem advisable.
!. ResC!Ued, That the quarterly meetings
1.-The executive committee be suspended,
a'I that occasional meetings may be called
,l tie president when in his opinion the
Interests Of the society may seem to de-
iaald them.
.. Esso!Ued, That the quarterly contri-
latlons of the annual members shall cease
during the suspension of the operations Of
@c society.
Another called meeting Of the executive
committee assembled on the 18th OF Feb
\ 'uaTy, 1868, when the treasurer again rem
.1'ea his account Of pecuniary transac-
1'ls during the intervening time since the
.4s' meeting. This report was submitted
" 'Ne committee of accounts, who re-
l.I'ga that they had examined the. same
"'4 ioand il correct, and sustained by pro-
PEI vouchers.
al 'his meeting, for reasons which will
.sSe' ,Iy appear, the executive commit
,s ordered the sale of the Richmond City
nus held by the society, and the money
r@Ss thercir0m TO be invested in regis
,S.td oonds Of the State OF Virginia, and
-' al available funds of the society be
'',o Invested in registered State bonds.
,,;,. ,Ae last meeting of the executive com-
Itr. ,r.'e Was held on the 18th of December,
"'J' Tie committee then appojnted to