retary shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of 

 the society to be held in Salem in November or December 

 as the society may direct at the next annual meeting, the 

 hour and place of meeting to be named by the President 

 and Secretary, notice of said meeting to be given by postal 

 to each member of the society by the Secretary. The 

 Treasurer shall be elected annually by the trustees at their 

 meetinsT in November." 



Voted : — That further action on the amendment be 

 postponed until the next annual meeting and the same be 

 printed in the committee books next year. 



The committee chosen by the trustees in 1899, to look 

 into the methods and affairs of the society to see if any 

 improvements could be made and report to this meeting, 

 and to the trustees in November, submitted the following 

 report, which was accepted and under the constitution laid 

 over until the next annual meeting: — 



" That the society change its constitution so that the 

 trustees of the society shall be elected at the annual meet- 

 ing of the societ}^ instead of by the present method. Votes 

 for the same to be prepared by some officer or committee 

 of the society from nominations made at .least one week 

 before said meeting by any member or members of the 

 society." Adjourned to Thursday at the dinner. 



After the dinner Thursday, President-elect F. H. Apple- 

 ton announced in behalf of President Geo. v. L. Meyer 

 that he. President Meyer, would be pleased to pay for the 

 building of the " Grand Stand " just erected by the society. 



Upon motion of O. S. Butler of Georgetown, the follow- 

 resolution offered by Mr. Butler was unanimously adopted : 



" That the thanks of the society be tendered to the 

 Hon. Geo. v. L. Meyer for his generous gift to the society 

 of the Grand Stand, on the Fair Grounds. Also for his 

 interest and efforts in behalf of the old society during the 

 two years of his presidency of the society, and that a copy 

 of this resolution be printed in the transactions." 



