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siderable expense in dealing with the records. It is suggested 

 that as far as convenient the fee ($1.00) for 1909 be mailed in 

 envelope containing sealed ballot (see nominations on another 

 page) for 1909 officers of the A. N. S. S. 



Nominations for Officers of A. N. S. S. for 1909 



In accordance with provisions of the constitution, the Council 

 submits the following nominations for officers to be elected at a 

 business meeting of the A. N. S. S. to be held in Baltimore, in the 

 room assigned for the regular sessions, at 5 p. m., Tuesday, Decem- 

 ber 29, 1908. The constitution provides that other nomina- 

 tions signed by twenty-five members shall be added to those 

 made by the Council, but no such nominations have been re- 

 ceived by the secretary. 



Members who do not plan to go to Baltimore may mail their 

 ballots to the secretary of the Society, and in accordance with 

 the constitution all ballots received before December 25th will 

 be counted with those voted at the annual meeting. Ballots 

 mailed to the Secretary should be enclosed in sealed envelopes 

 marked "For officers 1909, A. N. S. S." They must be signed 

 by members voting. A printed ballot is enclosed in the ad- 

 vertising pages of this issue of The Review, but a written one 

 will be legal. 



It will be noted that there are more names printed below than 

 there are officers to be elected. This results from (1) that all 

 thece names received a decided majority in a vote cf the Council 

 taken by mail, but there were several tie votes; and (2) it seems 

 desirable to present a ticket which allows all members to partici- 

 pate in the election. In other words it is important that the 

 A. N. S. S. should guard against the Council becoming self- 

 perpetuating by having its nominations for officers become 

 tantamount to election. It is to be hoped that next year mem- 

 bers of the Society outside the Council will make the selection 

 of officers more democratic by presenting nominations signed by 

 25 or more members as provided for in the constitution. 



To the great regret of the members of the Council President 

 Bailey finds that great pressure of duties connected with the 

 Country Life Commission makes it impossible for him to accept 

 any office in the A. N. S. S. for the coming year. 

 {Blank ticket for use in voting, is printed on advertising page 2.) 



