16 Tii'ciity-scz'ciith Ajinual Meeting 



The motion was put by President May and as the vote seemed 

 to be in doubt, a division of the house was called for. A rising 

 vote was taken, resulting" in the amendment being lost. 



The President: The question now occurs on the original mo- 

 tion, which is on the ado])tion of the mincjrity report. 



Mr. Spencley then discussed the minority report, advocating 

 its adoption. 



Mr. Whitaker opposed the adoption of the minority report. 



Mr. Clark: I wish to ])e on record in this matter in the re- 

 port. I desire to say that I am opposed to the reduction of the 

 dues at this time and the motion that I made to lay this minority 

 report upon the table and appointing a committee would prob- 

 ably accomplish the same thing. I want to say that I want to 

 have other members have some voice. I want to be put on 

 record as opposing the reduction of the dues. 



President May: Are there any further remarks? If not, we 



will call the roll on the adoption of the minority report. 



A roll call was had, resulting in fifteen votes being cast; ten 

 voting in the affirmative and five in the negative. 



Two-thirds having voted affirmatively, the minority report 

 was declared adopted and the dues were reduced to $i.oo per year. 



Mr. Peabodv: I understand this refers to next year. 



Mr. Spencley: That is a proper question to settle, whether 

 it should apply to the present year or the future. It is not men- 

 tioned in the report. 



Mr. Peabody: I would move that this do not apply to the 

 dues for the past year, but to membership dues for the coming 

 year. 



Mr. Clark: It occurs to me, now that we have voted on this, 

 that I am very much inclined to think that it should apply at 

 once. I move to amend, that this resolution just passed shall 

 apply to all members who shall join this association to-day or 

 during this meeting and to all dues that arc due to-day. 



The motion was tluly seconded and carried. 



Mr. Whitaker: T move you, in order to keep the finances of 

 the society straight, that the Secretary be directed to return to 

 the persons whose applications with full fee are in to-dav, the 

 difference between the one dollar and three dollar fee for dues. 



