58 ; ANNUAL REPORT. 
besa Jewell, Dartt and Clark were appointed as such 
committee, and were instructed to report in the re. 
The meeting then adjourned till afternoon. 
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AFTERNOON SESSION. 
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The committee to whom was referred the circular from the 
Kansas Horticultural Society submitted the following report : 
We have carefully considered the resolution therein embodied, and the 
preamble to the same. It is true that in the past the American Pomo- 
logical Society has been largely composed of men residing east of the 
Mississippi Valley, and its meetings have been held chiefly i in the Eastern 
and Middle States; nevertheless, as its name implies, it is an American 
institution, and includes in its membership the best and most experienced 
men of the land. The doors are open to all, and the hand of welcome is 
extended to us of the Northwest. If wedonot get an equal benefit in the 
places of meeting and the making up of fruit lists it is our own fault. 
Therefore, in our opinion, it would not be expedient to favor the or- 
ganization of a Northwestern Pomological Congress, and that the Sec- 
retary of this society be instructed to reply to all official correspondence 
upon the subject, in accordance with this report. 
J. S. Harris, 
L. NUTTING, 
P. A. JEWELL. 
The report was accepted and adopted. 
ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 
The society then proceeded to the election of officers, and 
elected for President, Truman M. Smith, Esq., St. Paul. 
The Vice Presidents being elected from members of each 
Congressional District, the election by ballot was suspended, 
and Messrs. H. H. S. Dartt, of Owatonna, for First District ; 
Gen. Levi Nutting, of Faribault, Second District ; and G. W. 
Fuller, of Litchfield, Third District, were elected Vice Presi- 
dents. 
L. M. Ford, St. Paul, was elected Secretary ; Amasa Stewart, 
Minneapolis, "Treasurer ; and Messrs. J. §. Har ris, J. U. Fleis- 
cher, of St. Paul; P. A. Jewell, Lake City ; O. F. Brand, Fari- 
bault, and J. T. Grimes, of Minneapolis, for Executive Com- 
mittee, the President and Secretary elect being members ex 
officio. 
The President, Col. J. H. Stevens, and Messrs. Gould, 
Moulton and Jewell were appointed delegates to the State 
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