VOTE OF THANKS TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER. 201 



Vote of Thanks to the Presiding Officer. 



Mr. Francis T. Bowles, Past President: — Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, with your per- 

 mission I will call the attention of the Society to the fact that, owing to the regrettable illness 

 'of our President, the Executive Committee was obliged, on very short notice, to draft our 

 Vice-President, Mr. McFarland, to act as presiding officer at this meeting, and also to take 

 charge of the banquet this evening; and therefore, if you will permit me to usurp his func- 

 tions for a moment, I propose a cordial vote of thanks to him for the excellent manner in 

 which he has presided over the deliberations of our meetings, and ask him to convey to the 

 President our regret at the cause of his absence, and our hopes for his good health. All those 

 in favor of the motion, please say Aye; contrary-minded. No. The motion is unanimously 

 carried. 



Mr. W. M. McFarland, Vice-President: — I thank you all very heartily, and wish to ex- 

 press my own cordial appreciation of the kindness with which you have treated me in my at- 

 tempt to fill tile office of presiding officer during the meeting. 



The meeting is now adjourned until the banquet this evening at the Waldorf-Astoria 

 Hotel. 



