Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-11
Gus sngelss alsrald.
THE LADIES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
Annual Report of its DOings Prepared by the
Presldent.

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Presldent.
To the officers and members Of the
Ladies' Benerolent Society Of Los
angeles:
The year for which L have had
the honor to serve you as President
10 now expired, and 1t becomes my
pleasant duty to report to you, in a
general way, the results of our
labors, the condition of our Socie-
~, financially, and itsprosrects for
the coming year. The Secretary
will furnish you with a report
showing the receipts and expendi-
tures for the year, in detail, with
the vouchers for each dollar spent
In relieving the unfortunate, and
Ihope that, beyond the mere ex-
peuditure of money, our sympathy
and good words of encouragement
extended to the needy have been
productive of much additional
good.
From this report OF the Secretary
1t will be seen that the Society has
expended, in money. during the
year, $750.1S, besides distributing
large quantities of clothing, food,
furniture and bedding, which have
been donated to the Society and
supplied to the poor. All of this
has been given in small amounts
and has enabled the recipients to
get along until returning health or
offered opportunities have enabled
them to take care of themselves.
At your semi-annual meeting
the bylaws of the Society were 80
amended as to authorize the Presi-
dent to draw at any one occasion
an amount not to exceed twenty
dollars; also making it the duty of
two members of the Board of Direc.
tors to audit the accounts of the
Secretary. Mrs. Bacon, your wor-
thy Vice President, and myself,
have performed this duty and find
the accounts and books of the Sec
retary kept In a thoroughly SYSTEM
attic manner, and that the accounts
and vouchers correspond. Mrs.
Gould, your Secretary, is entitled
to much credit and the hearty
thanks of your Society for the ad-
mirable way in which she has dis
charged the duties that have de-
volved upon her.
During the year now closed we
have been prospered, and kind
Providence has SO ordered the lines
OF our community that no great
amount of destitution has pre-
vailed, and think the Society has
fully met aud fairly discharged the
really worthy calls upon it. Dur
ing the year we have relieved over
eighty families. There have been,
In some cases, applications that
yourcommittee anu lnyaeif have
thought were not absolutely cases
of necessity, and other unworthy
objects, but these have been few,
and we trust our Discrimination has
met your approval. In other cases
1t is possible that we may have
given when the objects of our aid
would have gotten along without
US. But In all cases we have used
our best judgment, and if we have
erred, it has always been Oh the
side of charity.
In addition to the amount on
hand at the beginning of the year,
which was S637.72, we received
from the proceeds of our Fourth-0f-
July entertainment S2i0, clear Of
expenses, and this, with the dona-
tions ard fees for membership, has
enabled us to meet the many de-
mands upon US, and we now close
the year with cash balance of
1929 81, as per report of your Treas
urer.
We have also completed our in
corporation, the prelimiparies of
which were had under my prede-
cessor, and we are now an iucor-
porated body.
Through the efforts of our Board,
and with the kind assistance of the
honorable representatives in the
Legislature, Messrs. Smith, Ellis
and Holloway, who are entitled to
our thanks for their hearty CO.
operation and persistent efforts in
our behalf, our Society has been
the recipient from the State of ST.
COO This will be drawn in install.
men.s of $500 this coming season
and $500 the next, and will be a
welcome addition to our resources.
desire to take this opportunity
to thank the Board and the
several committees for the assist
ance they have given me in carry
Ing out the objects of the Society.
Let us all work together in the
future as in the past with such zeal
that the community will gladly
sustain us, realizing that the
means they place in our hands are
properly used, and that we carry
as their almoners into the homes oi
the poor ard destitute the glad
ness that springs from sickness re-
lieved, hunger satisfied, aud q
hope OF future prosperity.
With many thanks for the uni
form kindness and consideration
with which 1 have been treated
while presiding overyour delibera-
tions,I now gladly resign the duties
of the office, and am ready TO take
my place once more in the ranks
as working member of your So.
ciety. MARY Il. CAswELL,
President.
Los Angeles, Dec. Sd, 1878.