Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-04-13

for four months leave Of absence, to visit an
agsa msther.in England. In confederation
OF his faithful services for many years, Is
Librarian, and the fact that he had not, dur
ing the entire period, been favored with
single week for recreation, We cordially
granted his request. No abatement was
made from his salary, Mr.. Tait consenting |
to aid, as far as was within her power, any |
person we should hire to take her husbands |
place, during the four months.
We secured Mr., 7. d. Reardon for that |
period, paying him twenty-five dollars per |
month. Although this arrangement added |
to the expenses, ss we'll as reducing the rev |
enue, by depriving us Mr.. Tait's services in
selling certificates of membership for one
third of the year, still, as We are able to
present to you this evening a clean balance
sheet, we congratulate ourselves upon having
had an opportunity for bestowing favor 80
well merited and heartily enjoyed.
We have now presented all the more i'm
portant changes made during the past year,
and will therefore in the sequel treat Of those
ordinary matters that receive the attention
of every Board. As the reports of the sew
eral Committees contain q full account Of the
different departments thew have had respect
lively in charge, we will here give merely
| general OuNllub VI Aud baH4bs
In regard to the Library, our report, al
| though not as favorable as the one We we're
able to present at the last annual meeting,
| as resp-ots the number of volumes donsted
| THAT number probably being larger than had
/ ever been donated before in one year, still,
in other respects it is more satisfactory. We
have purchased four hundred and seventy
seven volumes, at q cost of $3.50. In making
the selection Of books, pains have been taken
to obtain, in part, such as would prove inter-
esting and useful to the mechanics and man
ufacturers of our city. We would, in this
connection, call the attention of the mem
bers to the fact that this class Of our citi-
zens has in the last two years rapidly in
creased in numbers. A strong and early eff
fort should be made to induce them to join
the Association, for their own beneht, as
we'll as for the benefit Of the Association
All the magazines and periodicals., mp to the
present time, Of which the requisite number
70 form a volume has been received, have
been bound and placed on the shelves, add
ing 80 volumes to this class of literature,
also all the books requiring binding, to the
number of 147 volumes have been re bound
enabling us to pass the Library over to ouI
successors in a very satisfactory condition
We are informed by the Librarian that both
this and the reading room are growing II
popularity, moro books having been takeT
out turing the past, than during any previ'
Gus year and there has been a correspond
ing increase in the number of visitors to th'
reading room.
The regular course Of lectures has, hnan
: oiaIly, proved the most productive ever de
livered before the Association and will com
pare fsYorsbly with any previous one, IN re
, gard to those qualities which render such
. course interesting and probable. The ne
| prnHf IF h. nfad Z
; somsthing over 5000 deducting from this
the loss growing out of those lectures deliver
/. ed after the course was finished, and we hav
as the profits derived from all the lectures o
the year $542 II. Our experience has salts
: fed us that it is not expedient to continu
: the lectures after finishing the regula
course, unless an opportunity is presented fo
> securing 8 lecturer who is sufficiently popu
lar to draw an audience at any time, and i
all kinds of weather.
4 Owing to outstanding bills which were nC
presented for payment until late this sftel
noon, the Treasurer has not been able
hand in his report in time to have a genert
outline Of it presented in this. We therefor
? incorporate here his entire report, whic
!, gives in detail the financial result of the pal
! year InGH-u---Ant In order that we migE
. pass the affairs Of the AssocistlOH Uvo- - ar
Successors, free from all Indebtedness, v
Z have ordered all known claims to be present
u ed for payment, and the same have bee
paid. Fearing some may have escaped OF
recollection, we publish similar order in Ii
papers.
!. Although the expenses of the past yes
y have been much larger tnan during any Pr'
vious year, we are able to congratulate II
members of the Association upon its bein
entirely free from debt, and this result hi
been accomplished without anticipating an
' part of the resources Of the coming year.
> The following is the Financial Report
= the Treasurer for the past year:
r GENERAL FUND.
= CteDetand Librayy association IN account '0i
Y O. @. Carlton, Treasurer: