i899- 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



maintenance of a public interest which shall 

 insure efficiency in the administration of the 

 forest reserves. 



The report was received and approved. 

 The Treasurer's report was then pre- 

 sented, as follows: 



Treasurer's Report, 1898. 

 George P. Whittlesey, Treasurer, in account 

 with The American Forestry Association, Dr. 



To Balance December 15, 1897 $ 907 35 



To Annual Dues 1,026 00 



To Life Membership Fees (7) 350 00 



To Donations 37 00 



To Sale of Proceedings 12 65 



To Subscriptions to Forester 1 00 



To Interest on Bonds and Bank 



Deposits 113 63 



$2,447 63 



By The Forester. $960 13 



By Printing 258 15 



By Clerk Hire, Postage, Express- 

 age, etc 255 84 



By "Forest Leaves" for 1897 320 32 



By Seal Design 9 73 



By Binding 3 00 



By Balance on hand November 30, 



189S 640 46 



$2,447 63 

 Respectfully submitted, 



GEO. 'P. WHITTLESEY, 



Treasurer 







The Chair appointed Messrs. F. Ff. 

 Newell, George W. McLanahan and 

 Charles A. Keffer as the Committee on 

 Nominations; Messrs. Gifford Pinchot, 

 F. V. Coville and W. S. Harvey, Com- 

 mittee on Resolutions, and Messrs. 

 George B. Sudworth and Henry S. 

 Graves, Auditing Committee. The Treas- 

 urer's report was referred to the last- 

 named committee. 



Mr. F. H. Newell presented the fol- 

 lowing report of the Corresponding 

 Secretary, which was accepted: 



REPORT OF CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 



Since the last annual meeting 128 new mem- 

 bers have been elected. Not all of these have 

 qualified by payment of dues, but most of them 

 undoubtedly will comply with this requisite. 

 There have been eight resignations and four 

 deaths reported, leaving a total annual mem- 

 bership of 748. and life membership of 74, mak- 

 ing a total of 822. 



We have lost, by death, four of our most 

 active members: Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard; 



Mr. J. O. Barrett, of Brown Valley, Minn. ; Mr. 

 George H. Parsons, of Colorado Springs, and 

 Hon. J. M. Forbes, of Milton, Mass. 



The corresponding secretary has been away 

 much of the time since July, or has been pressed 

 by other duties. For this reason the collections 

 during the year have been less than usual and 

 the accessions of new membership have not been 

 what was hoped. 



F. H. NEWELL. 



Mr. Newell moved that the Constitu- 

 tion be amended, and offered certain 

 suggestions, which he stated had had 

 the approval of the Executive Commit- 

 tee. After some discussion they were 

 adopted, as follows: 



Resolved: 1. That the title at the head of 

 the several Articles adopted February 5, 1897, 

 be changed from "Constitution" to By-Laws. 



2. That Article III, Section 3, be amended by 

 changing " Executive Committee" to Board of 

 Directors. 



That Section 4 be similarly amended. 



3. That Article IV, Section 1, be amended 

 by striking out the words, "and an Executive 

 Committee." 



4. That Article V be amended by changing 

 the word "President" to Chairman. 



5. That Article VHIbeamendedbychanging 

 ' ' Executive Committee" to Board of Directors. 



6. That Article IX be amended by striking 

 out the sentence, "He shall receive annual 

 dues and receipt for the same in the name of 

 the Treasurer." 



7. That Article X be amended by striking 

 out the words, ' ' or the Executive Committee 

 as authorized by said Board." 



8. That Article XI be canceled. 



9. That Article XII be amended by changing 

 "Executive Committee" to Board of Directors. 



On motion of Mr. Coville, the Board 

 of Directors was authorized to choose 

 Vice Presidents for Cuba, Puerto Rico, 

 Hawaii, and any other countries they 

 thought best. 



After a recess of fifteen minutes the 

 Committee on Nominations reported the 

 following list of officers for 1899, who 

 were duly elected : 



President, Hon. James Wilson, Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture. 



Vice President for the District of Co- 

 lumbia, Mr. George W. McLanahan. 



First Vice President, Dr. B. E. Fcr- 

 now. 



Corresponding Secretary, Mr. F. H. 



Newell. 



Recording Secretary and Treasurer, 

 Mr. George P. Whittlesey. 



