12 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The next order of business was the election of officers. Mr. Wil- 

 kinson put in nomination Mr. A. T. Nelson for President. Upon mo- 

 tion of Mr. Young, the rules were suspended and ^Ir. Nelson was unani- 

 mously elected President by acclamation. 



Mr. Greensfelder put in nomination for Vice-President Mr. W. C. 

 Hutchison. Upon motion of Mr. Gentry, the rules were suspended and 

 Mr. Hutchison was elected Vice-President by acclamation. 



Mr. Greensfelder nominated Geo. ;B. Ellis for Secretary. Upon 

 motion of Mr. Young, the rules were suspended and Mr. Ellis was de- 

 clared elected by acclamation. Mr. Ellis accepted the election, but 

 tendered his resignation to take effect March first. Mr. Greensfelder 

 moved to accept Mr. Ellis' resignation. Motion prevailed. Dean Mum- 

 ford moved that the chair appoint a committee to draft resolutions ex- 

 pressing the feelings of the Board on the retirement of the Secretary. 

 Motion prevailed, and the President appointed the following committee : 

 Dean Mumford and Messrs. Greensfelder and Gass. 



Mr. "Wilkinson moved to suspend the rules and elect for Assistant 

 Secretary, Mr. W. L. Nelson. Motion prevailed. 



Mr. Gentry moved to suspend the rules and elect by acclamation, 

 W. A. Bright for Treasurer. Carried. 



Mr. Wilkinson moved that the President, Vice-President and Dean, 

 compose three members of the executive committee. Upon motion, 

 Messrs. Dallmeyer and Boles were added to the committee. 



Mr. Gentry moved to take up the election of a Secretary. Motion 

 carried. Mr. Gentry nominated Mr. T. C. Wilson of St. Louis City. 

 Mr. Smith put in nomination Mr. S. M. Jordan. A ballot was taken 

 which resulted in ten votes for Mr. Wilson and four for ]\Ir. Jordan. 

 IMr. Boles moved to make the election unanimous. Motion carried. 



REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE. 



The Auditing Committee reported as follows: 



To the Board of Agriculture : We, the undersigned members of 

 the committee appointed by the President to examine the financial state- 

 ments of the Secretary and Treasurer, and to inspect the warrants 

 dra\\Ti by the executive committee, have examined the same and find 

 that the books of the Secretary agree with the financial statement sub- 

 mitted, and the same agrees with the report of the Treasurer of the 

 Board. 



The following warrants which had been issued at the last annual 

 statement, but had not been presented for payment, we find have since 

 been paid: 



