AID TO AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.
Mr. Adrian's bill [H. R. 430] authorizing allowances to aid Agricultural Societies [making it optional with the County Commissioners to loan such Society money and take a lien on the grounds] was read the third time.
Mr. MEREDITH said this is a bill carefully guarded in such a way that the County can be properly protected with no chance of loss on the part of the County.
The bill failed to pass--yeas, 49; nays, 38--for want of a constitutional majority.