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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE 



appropriation, and I am sure you would 

 not ask them to. 



I have written this to explain the 

 authority that is over us. 

 Sincerely yours, 



(Signed) JAMES A. STONE. 



The credit for the program we have 

 this year falls upon this Association for 

 the reason that the members named 

 some of the parties whom we were to 

 invite to take part on the program. 



Unconsciously we were fortunate in 

 having the date of this meeting so set 

 that we could avail ourselves of the 

 speakers on the program of the state 

 meetings in other states. 



We favor the continuation of the 

 same arrangement. 



The time of our meetings in past 

 years has been set for the same week 

 as the Odd Fellows in order that our 

 members belonging to that Lodge could 

 attend both, and because of the fact 

 that they occupied all the lower rooms 

 of the State House we were compelled 

 to take an upper committee room. 



We also placed our meeting late in 

 the week in order that the hotels could 

 be relieved of their crowded condition. 



We have not yet investigated to 

 know whether it was a happened af- 

 fair that we obtained this room or 

 whether we may expect it again. 



We can no more than fail in trying 

 (with the sweetening process). 

 Sec. In Account with the State Fund. 

 1913. 



Oct. 30 — Miss Davis to type- 

 writing Secretary's Report 25 



Nov. 1 — Stationery 60 



Nov. 6 — Kessberger, picture of 



group 2 . 00 



Nov. 12 — 100 2c stamps and 100 



Ic stamps 3,00 



Dec. 29 — 1,000 Ic stamped envel- 

 opes 11.00 



1914. 



Jan. 2 — State Register to print- 

 ing circular letters, letter 



heads, etc 21.85 



Jan. 10 — 2 fees in stamps 1.00 



Jan. 14 — 2 fees in stamps 1.00 



Jan. 24 — 1 fee in stamps 50 



Feb. 28 — Carbon sheets, and paper 



for manifolding 3.90 



Mar. 5 — 50 postal cards 50 



Apr. 4 — 250 large Manila envel- 

 opes 2 . 75 



May 15 — 100 6c stamps, and 1 



quire foolscap 6 . 20 



May 25 — 200 5c stamps, 200 2c 

 stamps and 200 Ic stamps 16.00 



Aug. 28—2 fees from L. C. Da- 



dant, in stamps 1.00 



Sept. 30 — 500 2c stamped envel- 

 opes 10 . 62 



Oct. 16 — 50 badges @ 15c 7.50 



Oct. 19 — 1 300-page roll book, and 



indexing and stationery ; 2.50 



Oct. 31 — 400 postals and printing 



of program 4.75 



Total i $96.92 



Pres. Baxter — Ladies and gentlemen, 

 you have heard the report of the Sec- 

 retary, what will you dt) with it? 



Mr. Moore — I move the report, be ac- 

 cepted and the Financial Report re- 

 ferred to the Auditiing Committee. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Mr. Moore — Shpuld there not be a 

 Secretary's Report for fees received 

 and moneys transferred to the Treas- 

 ury? '? 



Mr. Stone — I didn't give that part of 

 the report. I thought that was to be 

 left out and the Treasurer give it; I 

 can make that report from my book. 



Mr. Moore — Of course the book will 

 be referred to the Auditing Committee; 

 it is only a matter of form to give it 

 now so that the Association as a whole 

 may know about it. 



Mr. ^tone — (Reading from book.) 



Nov. 2, 1914 — Amount of fees 

 from Northern lUinbis and 

 Southern Wisconsin, 16 fees. $ 8.00 



Nov. 2, 1914 — To amount from 

 the Chicago -Northwestern, 

 1914, 46 fees , 23.00 



From the State Association, 



171 fees ...; 85.50 



Total $116.50 



Pres. Baxter — The next; will be the 

 Report of the Treasurer. 



Mr. Becker — I want to state that — 

 before beginning to read my report — 

 last year we were in a kind of financial 

 strait — but after April 16th I got the 

 appropriation that should have been 

 due (or was due) a year ago last July, 

 the first of July; then in July I got the 

 other appropriation for this year, so 

 from them on we had plenty of money 

 and we got the best showing for this 

 year that we had ever before. 



