The Portland daily press., 1879-09-19
Annual Meeting.

Inc annual meeting oil the Name State Ag-
riculutural Society was held last evening in
the Superior Court room, City Building.
President Hamilton called the meeting to
order at o'clock and proceeded to deliver an
address of considerable length. He said the
exhibition last year paid its bills and nearly
$500 of the old Indebtedness. The success of
the present exhibition is almost assured, as
there has been larger attendance at the park
today than was ever known before at any fair
in the state If the good weather holds over
tomorrow and Saturday, we shall be able to
pay our bills this year, the whole of our old
Indebtedness, and then have between $4,000
and $4,000 in the treasury. This statement was
received with applause.
Secretary Dennison then read the published
call for the meeting, after which he read the
records of the fair of 1878, excepting the re-
ceipts and expenditures which by the vote
OF the society were passed over.
III. S. Osgood, Treasurer, then made his re-
port, from which it appears the receipts of the
present fair up to 10 o'clock last night includ-
ing Park and Hall, are $2,939.SO. This esti-
mate does not include the tickets sold by the
railroads He then read from the accounts of
W. P. Hubbard, last years Treasurer, by
which it appeared that the entire receipts of
the fair of 1878 were $9,S73.16; the Expenditures
were SO, 1924, leaving balance of $310.22,
which was turned over to Secretary Osgood.
Stephen Jennings of Bangor took the Presi-
dent to do for his ruling that the races adver-
tised for Wednesday should be postponed
until Thursday, and so on, the last race coming
of SaturIoyr p,al1 limo aopb davis roo
one day later than advertised.
Mr. Hamilton said the arrangement made
was done by the advice of the trustees, as the
best thing possible under the circumstances,
and he should carry it through.
The society then proceeded to the election
of officers for the ensuing year, with the fol-
lowing result:
President-A. l.. Dennison, Portland
Treasurer-H. S. Osgood, Portland.
Trustees-Charles F. Libby, Portland, B.
M. Hight, Slxowhegan, John Morrison, East
Corinth, Geo. w. Kicker, Rockland.
The ballot for President as stood as follows:
Whole number of votes. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
Necessary for choice. 81
Rufus Prince had. ........................37
Geo. w. Kicker had. ......................10
G. Z. Libby had OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 8
Wildes P. Walker had ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
b. F. Hamilton had. ....................16
The committee appointed to investigate the
accounts of the society with Samuel WATSON,
the former Secretary, report as follows:
To the President and nlentbe.S Of the Maine
State Agricultural Society:
The committee appointed to investigate the
affairs Of this society for the years 1874, TO, rs
and 1877 beg leave to submit the following
report:
After a careful examination of all books and
that have bpan able to collect To-
gether, we find no record of any money being
received by the Secretary, neither do we find
any account of the society holding an exhibit
ton other than the vote. of the trustees to hold
one at certain dates.
From an abstract of the Treasurer's report,
which appears upon the records bearing date
of January, 1874, we learn that the society had
as resources:
Lumber in the city of Bangor. 81 200
Unpaid subscriptions to the guaranty fund of
tie city and citizens of Bangor. ........... 800
OF these two items we find no other mention
except that Mr.. Samuel WATSON was appointed
with power to engage legal counsel if neces-
Sary, to collect the unpaid subscription of the
city and citizens of Bangor, but there is
nothing to show whether or not he attended to
his duty.
Neither do we find anything upon the record
book to show that any person has joined the
Society since 1874, bnt we do find evidence
outside that a large number have joined
We are unable to report anything further
than this, as the record has been kept in so
loose and careless manner, that it is impossible
to do so.
M. G. PALMER, CHARLES A. EATON, WINGATE
G. LIBBY, Committee.
In regard to the item referring to the lumber
i'll the city of Bangor, Gen. Titon explained
what had been done with it to the satisfaction
of the society and the exoneration of Mr.
WATSON. so far as that was concerned.
Mr.. Palmer, in answer to request of a
member, stated that on being appointed chair
man of the investigating committee he tried to
get Mr.. Wasson's records, and after long
time had gone by, the latter sent him two
small trunks, containing several small books
of little account, but no cash book nor any
record to show that WATSON had ever received
or paid out u dollar.
Mr.. Burleigh of Fairfield moved that the
Treasurer publish detailed report Of the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the present exhibit
ton on or before the first of January next, a
copy of the same to be forwarded each membe r
of the Society.
The meeting then adjourned.