ANNUAL MEETING FOR THE YEAR 1910. 



The Annual Meeting of the Society for the year 1910 was held 

 at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Saturday, November 19, at twelve 

 o'clock, with Vice-President Hunnewell in the chair. 



In calling the meeting to order Mr. Hunnewell stated that it 

 was held in accordance with the By-laws for the election of officers 

 for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business 

 as might be legally presented; and that a printed notice had been 

 mailed to the address of every member of the Society as it appeared 

 upon the records of the Secretary. 



The record of the Annual Meeting of November 13, 1909, was 

 read by the Secretary and duly approved. 



The Vice-President also announced that the Board of Trustees 

 had made an appropriation of $5500.00 for Prizes and Gratuities 

 for the year 1911. He then appointed Messrs. Edward B. Wilder, 

 J. Allen Crosby, and E. A. Snow, a committee to receive, assort, 

 and count the ballots, and to report the number, and declared the 

 polls open until four o'clock. 



At four o'clock the polls were closed and the ballot committee 

 through its chairman, Mr. Wilder, reported as follows: 



Whole number of ballots cast 40. For President, Charles W. 

 Parker, 40; for Vice-President, John K. M. L. Farquhar, 34; 

 for Trustees, Ernest B. Dane, 39, John A. Pettigrew, 39, Stephen 

 M. Weld, 39, Wilfrid Wheeler, 39; for Nominating Committee, 

 Francis H. Appleton, 39, Frederick W. Damon, 39, Harry E. 

 Fiske, 39, Charles W. Hoitt, 39, Josiah B. Shurtleff, Jr., 39. 



Chairman Wilder declared the list as follows to be the duly 

 elected officers of the Society for the year 1911 : 



President Charles W. Parker 



Vice-President John K. M. L. Farquhar 



(for two years), 

 Trustees Ernest B. Dane 



(for three years), John A. Pettigrew 



Stephen M. Weld 

 Wilfrid Wheeler 



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