TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART III 245 



The Chairman : I want to suggest to the resolutions committee 

 that they shouldn't forget what our good friend, Lauer, has done 

 for us during the last five years. 



Mr. Bacon : There is something that ought to be brought up 

 before we proceed to the election of the rest of the officers. I think 

 there should be a motion put at this time that it is the sense of this 

 meeting that we express a vote of thanks to the officers of this asso- 

 ciation for their faithful work during the past year, and also to the 

 legislative committee in their efforts in increasing our state aid from 

 $800 to a limit of $1,500; and I will put that as a motion. 



Motion unanimously adopted. 



The Chairman : The next matter is the election of district man- 

 agers. That matter was up here for discussion and we didn't even 

 get time to consider it. The discussion was entitled, "Shall we de- 

 crease the size of our districts," necessitating more managers, or do 

 we want to leave our territories as they have been. 



Mr. Weary : I would like to ask Mr. Lauer whether it is neces- 

 sary to rearrange the districts? 



The Secretary : In the past it has been quite difficult for a dis- 

 trict manager to reach the farthermost points in his district. For 

 instance, Mr. Shipman, particularly, is 100 miles from some of his 

 fairs, and he has tried to arrange matters by correspondence. At 

 the time I suggested the decrease of the size of the districts I had 

 in mind the almost impossibility of some of the managers to reach 

 their fairs personally. That is a matter that will have to be con- 

 sidered by each manager tf the district stands as it is now. 



J. A. Benson : I move you that Secretary Lauer be chairman of a 

 committee of three, the others to be selected by the chairman, to 

 suggest redistricting and name managers for those districts, and re- 

 port to this convention when it comes in session again. 



The Chairman : That is a year, and in the meantime they should 

 be authorized to name the managers, if none are elected. 



W. R. Scholfield : With the consent of the mover, I move an 

 amendment to the motion, that Mr. Lauer and a committee of three 

 make findings and present them to the executive committee, and that 

 their findings shall prevail. 



Mr. Benson : I accept the amendment. 



Mr. Overholt : I second the amendment. 



Motion put and unanimously adopted. 



