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Barnes, for I believe he is g'oing to make a splendid Presi- 

 dent of this Society. 



President Rogers: It seems to me proper at this time 

 for me to thank you all for the support that I have had from 

 this Society in the last six years that I have been with you. 

 I have been with you as an officer for six years. I was at 

 that meeting- twenty-one years ag^o at the Capitol, at the 

 time that Brother Barnes and Brother Hale were there. Sev- 

 enteen of us formed this Association, and as I think back it 

 is with great regret to note that so many of the charter mem- 

 bers have passed on to their due reward. 



I want to thank you again for the support which you 

 have given me in the last two years as President. I cer- 

 tainly have enjoyed it, and it certainly has done me good, and 

 I want to congratulate you on your newly-elected President, 

 Mr. Barnes. I feel that you could not have done better. He 

 is one of our largest growers at the present time, and with 

 your Vice-President, Mr. Hale, they will certainly make a 

 good team. 



I thank you for your attention. 



Our Secretary, I think, has a resolution to offer. 



Resolutions. 



Secretary Miles: There have been two or three reso- 

 lutions handed up to the desk which the gentlemen who of- 

 fered them would like to have brought before the meeting. 

 The first resolution is one making a change in the Society's 

 by-laws. It is in regard to article three, concerning the 

 duties of the Treasurer- of this Society. The by-laws simply 

 say that "the Treasurer shall pay out no money except on the 

 written order of the President, countersigned by the Secre- 

 tary." In the past year or two, as the Society has grown to 

 its present proportions, it has seemed wise, in the care of our 

 funds, that the duties of the Treasurer should be outlined 

 a little more clearlv, and this amendment has been drawn : 



