Charter Constitution Bylaws Membership List Annual Report - 1908 Author:Chicago Historical Society Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: George S. Isham, Samuel H. Kerfoot, Jr., Charles W. Mann, George Merryweather, Joy Morton, Charles H. Mulliken, Lav'erne W. Noyes, Walter C. Newberry, Edward L. ... more »Ryerson, Richard E. Schmidt, Otto L. Schmidt, Lambert Tree, Frederick B. Tuttle, Herman Weber, David S. Wegg; also the Librarian. The President announced as the first order of business the reading of the minutes of the last annual meeting. Mr. Merryweather moved, seconded by Mr. Fuller, that the reading be dispensed with, as the proceedings of that meeting had been published in the 1907 Year Book and furnished to the members; there being no objection to the motion it was so ordered by The President. The next order of business was Reports of Officers; the original of these records were on the Secretary's table, had been printed in pamphlet form, and copies of them were distributed among the members present. The President therefore stated that unless the reading of them was called for it would be dispensed with, and it was so ordered. The Secretary of the Meeting then presented the following: REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE For The Fiscal Year Ending October 31, 1908. To the Members of the Chicago Historical Society: Gentlemen :—In conformity with the Society's Constitution, the Executive Committee has the honor to submit its Annual Report to the Society as follows: FUNDS. During the year now ending, the bequests of $3,000 by Mrs. Lucretia Jane Tilton, and $2,500 by Henry Jenkens Willing have been paid into the treasury. The Society's funds, therefore, now consist of ten special funds and a general fund. report) is under the exclusive care and management of trustees appointed under the will of Henry D. Gilpin. The income from this fund, as paid to the Society by said trustees, is applied entirely...« less