ANNUAL MEETING. 



In accordance with the provisions of chapter IV. of the 

 by-laws, the Board met at the office of the secretary, in Bos- 

 ton, on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 1901, at 11.30 o'clock a.m., it be- 

 ing the Tuesday preceding the second Wednesday of January. 

 The Board was called to order by First Vice-President Wm. 

 E. Sessions. 



Present : Messrs. F. H. Appleton, J. S. Appleton, Avery, 

 Barrus, Barton, Benedict, Bradway, Brewster, Bursley, Car- 

 penter, Clark, Comins, Damon, Danforth, Davis, Ellsworth, 

 Gleason, Howard, Jewett, Kilbourn, Lloyd, Pratt, Richard- 

 son, Sargent, Sessions, Smith, Spooner, Stockwell, Thayer, 

 Thurston, Turner and Whitmore. 



The records of the public winter and special meetings of 

 the Board were read and approved. 



The executive committee, as committee on credentials, by 

 Mr. W. A. Kilbourn, chairman, reported the list of qualified 

 members of the Board for 1901. The newly elected members 

 are as follows : — 



At large, appointed by the Governor : — 



Warren C. Jewett of "Worcester. 

 Elected by the societies : — 



Barnstable County, Joliu Bursley of "West Barnstable. 



Hampshire, A. M. Lyman of Montague. 



Martha's Vineyard, Johnson Wliiting of West Tisbury. 



Middlesex North, Joshua Clark of Tewksbury. 



Oxford, W. M. Wellington of Oxford. 



Spencer, John G. Avery of Spencer. 



Union, Enos W. Boise of Blandford. 



Worcester North-west, T. H. Goodspeed of Athol. 



Worcester South, C. D. Richardson of West Brooklield. 



