The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-01-18

A. Chapman DR..
To iol 3.i days work a2.ao,............. ssGis7
10 postage and postal cards. .......... 1i.17
To stationery. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5.5i
To hotel expenses. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2G.:}j
To railroad lare,.. ..................... l.lO
10 expenses to and from st. LOUISE. 11.6S
TO expenses paid for collecting. HOO
10 expenses paid for copying,.. 300
To expenses looking up records and
copying at Providence .............. 800
To paid for money orticr,............... 10
Total.................... sIG94I
by cash of treasury to pay alovc,...... Sioa.il
The secretary also reported that of
the ilocks for which application for re-
cord has been made, 100 have been ac-
cepted, which with the Is that had been
accepted Mt the Time of the last annual
meeting make l72 flocks accepted for
record in the first volume of the lsso-
citation Register.
There have been fiocks accepted from
seven states besides Vermont, namely:
New York. Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin.
Illinois, Missouri and Colorado. About
twelve to fifteen flocks have been reject
ed, among them one from state not
named in the above. OF the l72 flocks
accepted the owners of 1l6 have com
piled with all constitutional require
mcnts, paid all fees, and are entitled to
full benefits of registration. There is
due from the owners of the remaining
&c flocks for registration fees, time Of
committee on pedigrees and membership
fees for 1877 S477 30, which, with the
S7S3.99 now in the treasury. makes the
total assets of the Association Sl261 40.
The secretary also reported that the
contract for printing and binding the
register had been made with the Free
Press Association. at Burlington, 1000
copies OH the best paper with superior
quality of leather binding, the whole
work TO be first class in every respect,
ut SLAP per page, which, if the work
does not exceed $50 pages, will cost
500 for the 1000 copies. Besides this
there will be an expense of twenty-five
TO fifty dollars for procuring and print
ing plates in the register. The work of
preparing the manuscript for the print
er is necessarily slow, but is progress
ing rs fast rs i possible and preserve
accuracy.
There will be due from the Associa-
ton TO parties in Boston looking up
records and copying documents, and in
New Haven. some twenty to thirty dol
lars, which are all the bills outstanding
against the association.
The amount of information collected
1t the different ports and from The let
ters and papers of Consul Jarvis i,
large, and when published will throw
much light upon the importation Of
Mcrno sheep from Spain TO the United
States. \ large amount of information
has also been collected in regard 10 the
introduction of Mcrinos into Vermont.
The results will be published in the
first volume of the register
Messrs. +. \. Bisscll and l.. =. Clark.
having been appointed to audit the ac-
counts of the secretary and treasurer.
reported that they had examined their
accounts and found them correct.
After the appointment of committee
on nominations the meeting adjourned
to , o'clock p. NJ.
AFTERNOON.
The committee on nominations re-
ported the following as officers for 1873:
President. \. r. Spraguc, Brandon
Nicc-plrsidents, :. G.. iIolyoke, st.
Adams, +. n. Bisscll, East Shorcham
Treasurer, Charles ID. Lane. Middle
bury.
Secretary, Albert Chapman. Middle
bury.
Directors, +. :. Stowel. Cornwall:
v Rich, Richvillc: Henry Thorp, Char
lOttc; ii. Merle Bottum. SALISBURY.
Committee on Pcdigrccs. W. II. Rem
ele, Middlebury; j. T. Stickncy, shore
ham: j. j. Crane, Bridport.
Committee on correspondence, 4.
Chapman, Mddlcbury; +. Moore,
Shoreham: A. T.. Fuller. Pomfret: G.
=. Crane. Bridpori; Geo. Campbell,
Westminster: +. y. Bisscll, East
Shorcham: f.. Townsend, Pavilion
Center New York: b. W. Cope.
>mithiicld. Ohio: VIM. Ball, Hamburg,
Michigan: &. VI. Clark. Whitewater.
Wis: f.. Peck, Geneva, III.
The report of the committee was ac-
cepted, and on motion the officers were
elected.
On motion the secretary wasdircctcd
10 furnish each patron who had his
lock recorded ono volume of The rcgis-
ter free.
II was voted that all who had paid
their membership fee for 1877 should
have the same RENTED for 1878.
On motion of Col. f.. :. Stowell the
Association elected its secretary us del
egate 10 attend the meetings of the Ma
lional Wool Growers Association dur
ing this year. and voted also 10 pay his
expenses.
T.. y. Bisscll was also elected as an
additional delegate, the Association he
ing entitled 10 two.
ON motion the society adjourned.
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