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places or positions obtained through their interposition, and full 

 accounts of money received and paid, which last shall he ac- 

 counted for- in the Treasurer's annual report to the Society. 



" 5. That the comniittee shall have also discretionary power in 

 the selection of names, so as to enable them to reject the names of 

 cranks and illiterate or obviously unsuitable persons. 



"6. It is, however, not the intention of the committee to ask the 

 Society to set up a high standard of excellence, but simply to fur- 

 nish a medium between two classes of people. Thus all names 

 having any reasonable claims should be accepted and filed, only 

 those being rejected whose pretensions are obviously without 

 proper foundations. The burden of selection beyond this point 

 should be thrown upon the judgment of the emplovers. The 

 great difficulty of obtaining the lower classes of assistants and 

 workers, as well as the higher, should be considered by the com- 

 mittee when defining the classes of names considered admissible 

 to their lists. 



" 7. In order to start this enterprise an appropriation of 



dollars should be made in order to advertise, print, and distribute 

 a sufficient number of circulars, and ior paper, postage, etc. 



*■' 8. It is farther suggested that, after the first year, it would be- 

 come expedient to limit the expenses of the bureau to an income 

 derived by assessments from the persons benefited. For this 

 purpose the committee is instructed to charge an entry fee of one 

 dollar and an inquiry fee of two dollars ; the entry fee to be 

 paid by candidates after their names are accepted, but before they 

 are entered on the books or files of the committee, and the 

 inquiry fee before any would-be employer is allowed to consult 

 the lists or receive other information with regard to candidates. 

 Perhaps better to make a somewhat higher entry fee, and no in- 

 quiry fee. 



" Signed, 



" Alpheus Hyatt, ^ 



" William North Rice, V Co?nfniifce." 



" G. Brown Goode, ) 



After much discussion the whole matter was referred to the 

 Executive Committee. 



