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Mr. Hart: It came to me a year or 
two ago that perhaps I could make a more 
detailed report, as my reports have been 
very short. The ‘financial system of this 
Association has been fin the past that 
the Secretary receive all moneys except 
now and then a membership which was 
sent to me, and a few contributions that 
have been given to the Society. Most of 
them, however, went directly to the Sec¬ 
retary. 
The large bills, like printing of the re¬ 
port, come to my hands and are paid 
by the Treasurer, but many of the small 
bills are paid by the Secretary. It seems 
to me that it would be a waste of time 
for the Secretary to go through all of the 
bills and give the items. Your Auditing 
Committee goes through all of these bills, 
where the different items are shown and 
approves them. The bills that come to me 
to be paid are approved by the Secretary, 
and my report gives a general idea of 
where your money goes. I believe in pub¬ 
licity, and believe in taking everybody 
into our confidence, and if this system 
is not satisfactory, I would very gladly 
adopt any other that may be suggested. 
There are very few items, either of re¬ 
ceipts or expenditures handled by the 
Treasurer, 
REPORT OF EXE CUTIVE COMMITTEE 
The Executive Committee met in De- 
Land, May 2nd, 1913, with the follow¬ 
ing members present: 
Prof. P. H. Rolfs, 
E. S. Hubbard, 
H. Harold Hume, 
G. L. Taber, 
E. O. Painter. 
The meeting was called to order and 
the Secretary was authorized to have 
1500 copies of the report for 1913 issued. 
Under date of May 26, 1913, the Exec¬ 
utive Committee with the following 
members met: 
Prof. P. H. Rolfs, 
H. Harold Hume, 
G. L. Taber, 
E. S. Hubbard. 
Appointed Miss Okie C. Painter to 
serve as Secretary until the next meeting. 
On the evening of April 29th, 1914, 
the Executive Committee met in the par¬ 
lor of the Putnam House with the fol¬ 
lowing members present: 
Prof. P. H. Rolfs, 
G. L. Taber, 
H. Plarold Hume, 
E . S. Hubbard, 
Okie C. Painter. 
It was moved by Mr. Hume and sec¬ 
onded by Mr. Hubbard that the Secretary 
be authorized to send out notices to all 
1913 members who have not paid their 
dues for this year and also advise mem¬ 
bers that reports for the years 1905, 1906, 
1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911 can be 
had by remitting $1.00 to the Secretary. 
It was moved by Mr. Hume and sec¬ 
onded by Mr. Hubbard that the Secre¬ 
tary be authorized to have 1250 copies of 
this year’s report printed. 
As the Society will be something like 
