Smyrna times., 1860-01-12

;. A'pioLy nssoClatloHI was neiu thb evening" a
r. o'clock. in the Reading Room, at the Odd
i Fellows Hail.
On motion, VIM. Temple was called to the
Chair. and ]. B. Cooper appointed Secretary.
Daniel Cummins, President of the Board OF
Trustees for the past year, presented the anuu-
al report which was read and adopted, as fol.
lows:
To the Stockholders Of the Smyrna
Library Association.
We, the undersigned, Board of Managers of
the Smyrna Library Association, in presenting
this, our second Annual Report, would again
congratulate you on the continued success of
the enterprise Although much effort and time
have been required by your Board to keep up
that interest which is so manifestly desirable
and important for its advancement, we are gra.
tilted to know that continuance of such inter.
est will prove it self-sustalning. and we have
good reason to believe if our citizens would
more generally contemplate and weigh its i'm
portance, deeper and more decided interest
would be created; consequently our current
expenses would not only be liquidated, but a
considerable surplus would arise, which could
legItlmately be applied to the increase of your
| Library.
Agreeably to the last Annual Report, the
sum of $504 "a had been invested in the pur.
chase of books, and an order passed by the pre-
vious Board for the purchase of an additional
number; IN accordance with which the sum of
$36604 has been invested-makng the sum
of $S70.28 Qeaving balance to be invested of
S27722) increasing the number of volumes to
$40, besides the l7O volumes presented by the
friends Of the Library, making in all ll40 VOL
umee, regularly catalogued.
A large number of public documents have
been presented by the citizeus of our Town and
the Hon. Martin w. Bates, for which thanks
are due both to them and to the Hon. James A. |
Bayard aud Hon. VIM. q. Whiteey, Members
Of Congress, for their continued favors of the |
same.
Since the last Report, "a persons, Stock.
holders md Subscribers have availed themselves |
OF the use of the Library and Reading Room,
and upwards of 900 volumes have been loaned |
out by the Librarian, showing gratifying in
crease OF 80 per cent.
The original subscription to the Capital
Stock of the Association amounted to the sum
of Sl255, to which can now be added the sum
of Sl5 making the sum of $l270-of which
$ll47 80 have been paid III, leaving balance
OF $l22 80, u part OF which we hope may yet
be collected.
The balance due on expense account, Jan'y
9th, last as per Treasurer Report, was $93 40,
to which add current expenses to this date,
$l34.06, making S22746, against this we have
credited receipts from Subscribers, Lectures,
&c, $lS2. 50. besides $36 due and yet remain.
ing TO be collected from subscribers upon the
Librarians books.
An announcement for a semi-monthIy course
of Lectures, to be continued until March next,
has been made after much exertion; no doubt
caused partly from the meagre attendance upon
previous Lectures, of which your Board have
just cause Of complaint.
Although prohibited by your Constitution
from using any portion of the Capital Stock of
the Association tor its support-ln consequence
of which the above and previous series of Lee
lures were established-to aid in meeting our
current expenses, still it should be understood
that the object of these Lectures is not solely
for pecunlary profit, but what is of vastly more
imporlance-the intellectual improvement of
the cOmmunity-notwths nding which, our
efforts have not been seconded as would be de.
srable.
The first Lecture of the present course,
very able and edltylng one, was poorly at.
tended as not only to prove loss to your AS
and mortifylng In the extreme to your
Board, but we fear to our kind and accomplish
cd Speaker also.
he te5ulI Ol tHlS LeClure caused Huc0 re-
Election by the members of your Board, upon the ,
pr~preiy of continuing them; but, yielding to )
Hope, we resolved to increase our energy, and
further test it.
We now unanimously appeal, with respect : !
ful earnestness, to you, Individually, to inlist
your influence and support for this branch of i
mental culture so worthy of encouragement.
BY an order passed by your Board, commit :
tee was appointed Jan'y Sth, last, to obtain
from the then present Legislature an Act of
which duty the said committee
performed, and their bject was accomplished.
1t is desirable that pamphlet catalogues :
should be published, embracing your Act OF I
Incorporation" Constitution and By Laws. and c
we would respectfully recommend the publica-
ton of the same SO soon as the balance of the
Ca pital Stock shall have been invested. I
REHABILITATION.
To smoun' subscribed To Capital Stock, $l270 90 4
BY amt invested In the purchase of
Books, $3.50 %
BY amount of cash hand recently {
collected, and subject 10 order 271 %
Total collected, Sll47 so
Balance yet to collect, l22 SO
-Sl27O 90
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Ts balance due on expense account, Jan'y g.
last. as per Treasurer's Report, S93 10
Current expenses TO this date, lJi O6
1927 40
BY amt rec. from Lectures to date Sll6 IL
BY amt eceived from subscribers for the use
of Books, 65 80
Amt yet due from subscribers on Librarians
Books (abOuD So 90
S2l7 So
Balance unpaid 993
--s227 46
All of which is respectfully submitted.
DAN'L CUMMlNS, President,
JULIUS f. GRAMMER, Vice Pros't
Z. ID. DALEY, Cor. Sec'y,
ROBT. ID. HOFFECKER, Rec. Scc'y,