IVIEETINQ 



OF THE 



State Board of Horticulture 



AT 



FRANKLIN, JOHNSON COUNTY, INDIANA, 

 August 13, 1902. 



The State Board of Horticulture met at the noon hour in the city, and 

 at the time above mentioned. 



Present— W. W. Stevens, President; Sylvester Johnson, Treasurer; W. 

 B. Flick, Secretary, and E. B. Davis, E. M. C. Hobbs, W. C. Reed, J. O. 

 Grossman, Vice-Presidents, and Professor James Troop, H. H. Swaim 

 and Joe A. Burton, members of the Executive Committee. 



The Secretary laid before the board the particulars concerning the 

 loss of the package containing the manuscript for the annual report for 

 1901, as follows: 



The package was left in the care of a hardware store at Lafayette 

 by Professor James Troop, with instructions to telephone the American 

 Express Company to call for it, which was done. The express agent at- 

 that city forwarded the package to Indianapolis, Ind., to my address. I 

 called each day or two at the express office in Indianapolis, but heard no 

 tidings of it. I then addressed the agent of the express company at La- 

 fayette, asking if there was any likelihood of the package being found. 

 He replied that the package was lost, and that I had better take steps 

 to reproduce the same, which was done. In due time I filed claims for 

 $400 damages. After the adjuster had examined the matter, he advised 

 me that they would allow a damage of fifty dollars to the Society, claim- 

 ing that, inasmuch as there was no value set on the package by the send- 

 er, we could not collect any more. On motion, the Secretary was ordered 

 to accept the fifty dollars and release the company. 



On motion, the Secretary was allowed a salary of $250 per annum, 

 and Joe A. Burton, Superintendent of the Experiment Orchard, a yearly 

 salary of $200, both to be paid quarterly. 



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