234 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, October 2, 188G. 



A stated meeting of the Societ}-, being the Annual Meeting for 

 the choice of officers and standing committees, was holden at 11 

 o'clock, Vice-President C. H. B. Breck in the chuir. The Record- 

 ing Secretary stated that tlie requirements of the Constitution and 

 Bj'-Laws in regard to notice of the meeting had been complied with. 



Agreeably to the Constitution and By-Laws, the chair appointed 

 Charles L. Fowle, William H. Spooner, and Robert Manning a 

 Committee to receive, assort, and count the votes given, and re- 

 port the number. 



The polls were opened at a quarter past eleven o'clock, and it 

 was voted that they be kept open for one hour. It was also voted 

 that the check list be used. 



The Chairman reported from the Executive Committee a recom- 

 mendation that an additional appropriation of $200 be made for 

 the Committee ou Plants and Flowers for gratuities. The appro- 

 priation was unanimouslj' voted. 



The following named persons, having been recommended by the 

 Executive Committee, were, on ballot, duly elected members : 



Duncan Aird, of Belmont. 

 George Mc William, of Whitinsville. 

 Edward J. Forster, M. D., of Charlestown. 

 John H. Haines, of Roxbury. 



The polls were closed at a quarter past twelve o'clock, and the 

 Committee to receive, assort, and count the votes, after attending 

 to that duty, reported 



The whole number of ballots cast ... 48 

 Necessaiy for a choice 25 



And the persons having the number necessary for a choice 

 were, agreeably to the Constitution and By-Laws, declared by the 

 presiding officer to have a majority of votes, and to be elected 

 Officers and Standing Committees of the Society for the year 

 1887. 



Adjourned to Saturday, November G. 



