MINUTES OF NINTH ANNUAL MEETING 



Minutes of the Ninth Annual Meeting 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



The Academy was called to order in the National History 

 Building at 2:10 p.m. Friday, February 18, 1915, by Presi- 

 dent Grant. Dr. T. J. Burrill, of the University of Illinois, 

 gave an address of welcome, which appears farther along in 

 the volume. After announcements by C. R. Richards, chair- 

 man of the local entertainment committee, the Treasurer pre- 

 sented his report, which is given in full below. This report 

 was accepted and a committee was appointed to audit the 

 books. 



The Secretary's report for the eighth annual meeting was 

 read and approved. This report is printed in Volume VIII of 

 the Transactions. The Secretary then read the report of the 

 Council meeting of the year as follows : 



The Council meeting was held June 29, 1915, at the Uni- 

 versity Club, Evanston. There were present the following 

 members: U. S. Grant, A. R. Crook, H. S. Pepoon and 

 Henry Crew. It was voted to accept the invitation of the 

 University of Illinois to hold the ninth annual meeting at Ur- 

 bana, February 18 and 19, 1916, and the program was tenta- 

 tively arranged. The Treasurer announced total receipts 

 amounting to $348.44, expenditures of $79.29 and a balance 

 on hand on June 29, 1915, of $269.15. 



L. C. Raiford and J. H. Beal were elected to membership 

 and resignations were received and accepted from J. H. Har- 

 per, I. O. Baker, H. T. Mortensen and S. E. Young. 



Several plans were considered for raising funds with which 

 to publish back volumes of Transactions, but no action was 

 taken. 



For the committees on legislation and publication. A. R. 

 Crook stated that the publication of Volumes VII and VIII 

 had not been possible because the efforts of the committee on 



