JULY, 1902. 
PROCEEDINGS. 
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Schenck, Deerfield; F. M. Le Count, Hartford; N. E. Carter, Elk- 
horn ; M. E. Morrissy, St. Francis ; N. Hollister, Delavan. 
The ofhces of corresponding and recording secretaries having 
been aboHshed by the amended articles of association just adopted, 
and the offices of general secretary and an additional director hav- 
ing been created, an election was then held to fill the new offices. 
Mr. Charles E. Brown was unanimously elected a director. 
Mr. Charles E. Monroe was unanimously elected general sec- 
retary. 
The committee on revision of charter and by-laws made a 
further report, recommending the adoption of a new set of by- 
laws, prepared by the committee, as a substitute for the existing 
by-laws. 
The proposed new by-laws were then read section by section, 
and after some amendments had been made, were unanimously 
adopted. 
(A copy of the new by-laws is printed elsewhere in this Bulle- 
tin.) 
Mr. Denison moved that a committee of three be appointed to 
report upon members who had died during the preceding year with 
suitable resolutions. The motion was unanimously adopted and 
the president appointed Messrs. Denison, Doerflinger and Brown 
such committee. 
The application for membership of Rev. E. C. Mitchell, of St. 
Paul, Minn., was presented and referred to the board of directors. 
The meeting then adjourned. 
Thursday, June 26, 1902. 
Meeting called to order by the president; thirty persons 
present. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 
Messrs. H. R. Denison, C. H. Doerflinger and C. E. Brown, 
the committee appointed at the last meeting, presented the follow- 
ing memorials and resolution : 
CHARLES VON BAUMBACH. 
Born at Kirchheim, in the Grand Duchy of Hessen, on June 
18, 1840, a scion of an ancient family, he came to this country in 
1848 with his father, who had been implicated in the revolutionary 
movement of the time, and settled in Ohio. After receiving a 
good education he came to Milwaukee with the family in 1857, 
the year when our society was organized. He contributed to its 
