The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-04
LOCAL MATTERS.

VIRGINIA MECHANICS IHsTTTUTE.--An
II; ourncd meeting Of the Institute was held q ~
trouolisan Hall laR Wednesday, the President IT ~
Ions A. BELvIN, occupyins the chai-, and =. ".
n weIien acting - Secretary. -.
Amer calling the meeting 10 order, the President
announced a. the special business OF the evening
the election Of . Board Of Managers, composed o.
IS members. and expressed the opinion inst 70
sel&ctina the managers, due regard should be bad
10 the various trades and occupations In the city
Various modes for nominating and electfng were
then submitted and discussed 1t length by Messrs
Joseph p Jones, Robert Mayo, J. A. CowardiD,
4 MI Bailey and others when the meeting deter
mined that nominations should be made regardless
of numbers and that each member should prepare
|his ballot with not more than twenty i've names
upon IT, all whom receiving majority OF the votes
cast ahould be declared elected.
The plan of procedure being agreed upon, the
preSider,t requested the members to make their
noiinafions, when forty fee names were suggested
to the meeting.
the ballots, on the summing up Of which they an.
nouuced that sepenteen gentlemen had received ma
iority votes, and were elected. They are - fol-
lows:
Denoon, John Dooley, Henry Exall. Rob't A. Mayo.
Thomas CIemmitt, William Ettinger Sam'I g. Cot
trelI George w. Toler JosephP Jones, g. Y. Land
rum George Lownes, John ]. Binford. Jesse VIII
liams, Jacob F. Barnes and Charles D. Yale.
There being yet eight members of the BOARD
TO elect the President requested nominations to be
made, when fifteen names were proposed to select
four.
The Tellers were again requested to receive and
collect ballots and reported the following gentle
men AZ duly elected:
Messrs. Miles Amber, Thomas Dodamead, A. L
West, Augustus Arsel Pat H. Starke, John T.
Rogers, VIM. Forbes and Robert Briggs.
The above number constituting the Board OF
Managers, we give below complete list of the off,
GERS of the Institute for the present year.
President-JoHN A. BELvIN.
First Tice Pyesident-JAMEs A. CowARDIN.
Second Tice President-THoMAs SAMSON.
Recording Sccretdry-JAMEs w LEwELLEN
Corresponding Secvetdyy-THoMAs 81. WYNN
Tredsuyer-SAMUELP MITCHELL.
Board Of Managers.
Joseph r. Anderson, George 8. Lownes
A. NJ. Bailey, John Binford,
Samuel d. Denoon, Jesse Williams
John Dooley, Jacob r. Barnes,
Henry Exal1, Charles D. Yale,
Robert A. Mayo, Miles Amber,
Thomas clemmitt, Thorn as Dodamead,
William Ettinger, A. L. West,
Samuel S. Cottreli, A. Arsell,,
George w. Toler, P. n. Stsrke,
Joseph P. jones, John T. Rogers
s. Y. Landrum, William Forbes,
Robert Briggs.
On motion of Mr.. A. Arsell, the President and
Secretaries were appointed committee of three to
have 900 copies of the Constitution, Bylaws and
Rules of Order printed for the use of members.
On motion, the Recording and Corresponding
Secretaries, and the Treasurer were instructed to
purchase the necessary stationery for their various
offices, at the expense of the Institute.
The meeting then adjourned until Monday night
next that being the appointed time for holding the
| regular meeting OF the Institute.
ITO the Committees The Recording Secretary
requests that all persons having lists of members
in their possession will hand them to him at once
in order that they may be properly entered ON the
Minutes of the Institute Prompt attention to this
request is very Important