President Meyer and spoke of the cause of his absence, after 

 which he called upon Congressman William S. Knox, 

 Hon. William H. Moody, Capt. J. G. B. Adams, Hon. A. 

 P. Gardner and others, all of whom added instruction and 

 merriment to the occasion. 



REPORT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



The annual meeting of the society was held in the Pea- 

 body Institute, at Peabody, Sept. 19, 1900. President 

 Meyer being absent, the secretary called the meeting to 

 order at 9.40 A. M., and called upon Vice-President Hon. 

 Asa T. Newhall to preside. Upon motion of Mr. Butler, 

 of Georgetown, it was voted to proceed to ballot for officers 

 for the society for the ensuing year. 



Mr. Quint, of Peabody, made an amendment which was 

 accepted, that the secretary cast one ballot of the printed 

 ballots in circulation for officers, and it was unanimously 

 Voted. The secretary cast one ballot authorized as follows : 



FOR PRESIDENT. 



Gen. Francis H. Appleton, of Peabody. 



EOR VICE PRESIDENTS. 



James J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead. 

 Horatio G. Herrick, of Lawrence- 

 Asa T. Newhall, of Lynn. 

 Sherman Nelson, of Georgetown. 



FOR SECRETARY. 



John M. Dan forth, of Lynnfield. 



The amendment to the Constitution offered by Mr. 

 Whitcomb of Beverly, and laid on the table at the last an- 

 nual meeting was taken up. Namely : — 



"Article 3. The President, Vice Presidents and Sec- 



