The treasurer-general of the Society, Hon. John C. Linehan of Concord,
N. H., then presented his annual report. It showed the total income for
the year 1899 to have been $2,228.50. Cash balance on hand Jan. 1, 1899,
$518.60, thus making the total financial resources of the Society for
the year $2,747.10.
The expenditures for 1899, as set forth in detail in the report, were
$2,008.86, leaving a balance on hand of $738.24.
Joseph Smith of Lowell, Mass., for the auditing committee, reported
having examined the books and vouchers of the treasurer-general and
found the same correct.
The treasurer-general’s report was thereupon accepted and adopted.
A communication to the society was announced from Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt, governor of New York, in which he invited the members to be
his guests at the executive mansion in Albany.
The invitation was appreciatively received and acknowledged, and the
president-general was authorized to appoint a delegation to represent
the society by a visit to the governor.
The president-general announced that he would do so, and state the
make-up of the delegation later.
Hon. T. A. E. Weadock of Detroit, Mich., an ex-member of Congress,
presented the names of several applicants for membership in the Society,
and the said applicants were unanimously admitted.
Various other gentlemen also presented many applications for membership,
and the same were all favorably acted upon.
The annual election of officers of the Society then took place, the
result being the same as given on pages 5, 6 and 7 of this volume.
Upon the conclusion of the business meeting, the members and guests
formed in line and proceeded to the banquet hall.