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FIFTEENTH ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE 



Kildow, State Inspector, as the third 

 member. He has more or less con- 

 nection with these men throughout the 

 state; and I think that will make a 

 strong committee. Every member of 

 this Society should help. 



Mr. Kildow — I would like to .see an- 

 other member added to that commit- 

 tee. 



President Baxter — We provided for 

 only three. 



Mr. Kildow — I would rather drop 

 out and put in Mr. Dadant. 



Mr. Dadant — I am not near enough. 



Mr. Coppin — I am 100 miles away 

 from Springfield. 



President Baxter — That doesn't 

 make any difference. 



President Baxter — Is there anything 

 further? What is your pleasure? 



Mr. Pyles — Mr. President, is it nec- 

 essary at this time to take any action 

 as a body now after dropping out or 

 not affiliating with the National? 

 Should we fix by vote the dues that 

 we must have — are we going to allow 

 the Chicago-Northwestern to come 

 in for less than $1.00 per member, or 

 how are we going to do this? 



President Baxter — That is already 

 fixed by our constitution and By- 

 Laws, unless you want to change 

 them. 



Mr. Pyles — Suppose the Chicago &. 

 Northwestern do not affiliate with the 

 National, are we going to take them 

 for 50 cents or $1.00 from now on? 



As I understand it each individual 

 member who wishes to join the Na- 

 tional has to pay $1.00 and $1.00 for 

 the Review, and how much is it going 

 to leave for us? 



President Baxter — We are not going 

 to have anything to do with it at all; 

 that has to be done individually. 



Mr. Stone — It does not prevent us 

 from still continuing the same benefit 

 to our members we have always had 

 if we do not affiliate with them. If 

 they pay us $2.00 we can send $1.50 

 (50 cents for the National and $1.00 

 for the Review) and keep 50 cents 

 ourselves. 



Mr. Dadant — Not now. 



Mr. Kildow — That is not fair to all 

 your members; some members get in 

 for 50 cents and some for $1.00. 



Mr. Stone — Then we will have to 

 ask 50 cents more. 



• Mr. Dadant — But we have decided 

 not to affiliate with the National any 

 more. 



President Baxter — I notified the 

 members here yesterday that if they 

 wanted to join the State Society they 

 could do so by paying $1.00 but not 

 to pay until this matter of the Na- 

 tional was decided, and if our Secre- 

 tary accepted any money more than 

 the $1.00 he did so erroneously be- 

 cause it was plainly here stated by 

 myself yesterday that until this ques- 

 tion of containuing affiliation with the 

 National was settled we would not 

 receive any funds toward the Na- 

 tional. 



Mr. Hawkins — That is my under- 

 standing. 



President Baxter — If these dues are 

 accepted, Mr. Stone will have to re- 

 turn the $1.00 and they will have' to 

 take it up with the Secretary of the 

 National. ; 



Mr. Bowen — I don't understand 

 simply because you put out that no- 

 tice yesterday that fixes any obliga- 

 tion on anybody until the organiza- 

 tion has acted on it. Anybody who 

 paid under the old rule. Now the 

 Association has acted on it. 



President Baxter — You cannot pass 

 an ex post facto law. If you accept 

 money to continue something which 

 has not yet expired. The membership 

 in the National does not expire until 

 this meeting has adjourned sine die; 

 if you pay anything towards those 

 dues you pay before it expires, there- 

 fore it does not count. 



Mr. Bennett — There is no law in the 

 United States made retroactive. We 

 paid our dues here to the National, 

 then you pass your law; you can't 

 make that law retroactive and make 

 it in effect before you pay that $1.0Q 

 •because we pay that $1.00 first you 

 have our $1.00, then you make your 

 law and your law becomes in effect 

 when you make it. 



President Baxter — You cannot take 

 advantage when j-ou see that anything 

 is going to take place, for instance: A 

 rise in taxes or anything like that, 

 you can't take advantage of a rise by 

 offering your taxes before they are 

 due simply to get the rebate; and that 

 is what this would be. 



Mr. Bowen — Nobody knew how that 

 vote was going to go yesterdaj% 



