The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-04-10
Mercantile Library Association.

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The twentieth annual meeting of this asso-
citation was held at its rooms last evening The
attendance of members was quite large.
The reports of the President, Treasurer and
several committees were read, and from that of
the President, which summarized the contents
of others, we make the following abstract:
Twenty eight new members have been admit
ted during the year, making the whole number
at present 49,
Four hundred and eight volumes have been
added to the library at an expense of $600.22;
whole number of volumes in the library 3801
The total circulation of books for the past
year has been little over $1,000 volumes.
The Association voted the sum of $4,000 for
the purchase of the High School Library, but
as the offer was declined by those who had the
disposal of the books, they were unable to OBJ
tain it, s 'L
By the Tr r report it appears that
the total receipts Exclusive of the Lecture
Committee fund.- have BEEN ..............$2,05 sS
Total expenditures. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1858 80
Leaving in the hands of the Treasurer - 1897 Os
The report of the Lecture Committee is mos
satisfactory, showing receipts above the est
mates of $780,
The following officers were then elected fer
the coming year: NJ N. Rich, President; M B.
Coolidge, William E. Wood, Vice Presidents;
Corresponding Secretary; James F. Hawkes.,
Recording Secretary; VIM. R. Wood, Geo. A.
Jones, John c. Small, Fred E. Jones, James R.
Ellison, Directors; Trustee for five years, C. H.
Haskell; for three years, G. H. Fling.
Mr.. Rich, the new President, on taking the
chair, addressed the Association, thanking them
for the honor conferred, and reviewing the past
history, with sanguine anticipations for afuture
usefulness. He also paid high compliment to
the retiring officers.
Mr.. c. Fl. Haskell offered the following reso-
luton, which was seconded by Mr.. C. a. Fling
in an appropriate manner; and he was followed
Corey and John @. TwitcheIl:
RESOLVED, That the thanks of this Association
be and are hereby rendered to our retiring Pres
ident, Mr.. Kurdish, for the faithful energetic
and satisfactory manner with which he has dis
charged the duties of President for the past
three years.
The resolution was unanimously adopted, and
the retiring President made very handsome
response, which was marked by real feeling.
Mr.. G. A. Jones, for the retiring directors,
submitted the following, which was unanimous
ly passed:
Resolved, That recognizing and approaching
fully the untring efforts of our President in be-
half of the best interests of the Association
during the past three years; realizing also how
much these efforts have had to do in placing
the affairs of the society in their present pros
porous condition, we cannot allow him to sever
his connection with us officially without placing
upon record our deep appreciation of his ser
vices.
A vote of thanks was also rendered to Mr..
Gushing, the retiring Recording Secretary,
which was properly acknowledged by that gen.
tleman.
Two gentlemen were admitted members, and
after remarks by Messrs. J. c. Proctor and j.
j. w. Reeves, the meeting adjourned.
p. Y. M. c. A concert for the benefit Of
this organization will be given at City Hall
tomorrow evening. The Ancient Harmony
Society with full orchestra will give some Of
the best anthems and choruses of the tunes Of
our grandfathers, and Mrs. Merrill, Miss Ada
Carey, Miss Strout, Mrs. Brown, Miss Ayres
and Messrs. Watts, Stockbridge, Thomas and
HudsonIhave been secured for sofas and duets
A chorus of 200 young voices under the man
agement of Mr.. Fitch will add to the enjoy
ment of the evening. See the advertisement