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be sure to want his message printed, and the expense might be run up to 

 fifty dollars. A man who has so much to do as our secretary can not mail 

 3,000 copies of a document without getting some pay for it. 



President Stevens: If you do not insist upon the last clause of the re- 

 port being adopted, we can leave that out. 



Mr. Zion: I think we should get out of the old rut we are in and get 

 new members and blood into the Society. Let us not be afraid of such 

 a trifling expense as this will be. I know if I had 1,000 copies of this 

 address, I could go to work and increase the membership of this Society 

 greatly. I don't want to lose one of the old members, but I think we 

 should have more young blood. I shall change it and say 2,000 copies 

 instead of 3.000. I should not ask Mr. Flick to do all the work of 

 mailing. Let us all help scatter it over the State. If it will establish 

 a precedent for future Presidents of this Society, let us establish it. 

 When I get to be President I shall spend lots of time and money in 

 getting up a report, if you will distribute it in this way. 



Mr. Hobbs: This Society is a beneficiary of the State, and all State 

 printing must be done by the State printer and by order of the State 

 Printing Board. We can not have printing done outside. 



Mr. Johnson: This would have to be paid by the Society from the 

 membership fees. 



President Stevens: Do you insist on this motion? 



Mr. Zion: I do. 



A vote was taken, but the motion was lost. 



The following report of the Auditing Committee was read by Mr. 



Thomas: 



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Report of Auditing Committee, 



We, the undersigned Auditing Committee, having carefully examined 

 the books, accounts and vouchers of the Secretary and Treasurer, find 

 them correct and agreeing with their reports in every particular. 



L. B. CUSTER, 

 SNEAD THOMIAS. 



On motion the report was received as read. 



