The daily gazette., 1879-01-09
The h. ID. G. M. A.
Special Meeting ng--Importdm Subjects
Considered and Acted Up0n.

Special Meeting--Importdnt Subjects
Considered and Acted Upon.
A special meeting of the Rehoboth
Beach Camp Meeting Association was
held in St. Paul's NJ. +. Church, yester-
day afternoon, in accordance with the
following call
"A special meeting of the Stockhold-
ers of the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meet
ing Association of the M. +. Church,
VIII be held in the lecture room of St.
Paups M. K. Church, Wilmington, Del,
on Wednesday, January =, 1879, at 1870
I. NJ ;, TO consider the propriety of ask
ing the Legislature TO amend the charter,
so az to make that portion of Section 4,
which relates to the name and objects of
| The association, read as follows :-'Under
the name of the Rehoboth Beach Asso-
c'atlon, for the purpose OF providing and
maj ntaining christian seaside resort,
where everything inconsistent with
christian morality, as taught by the NJ
T.. Church, shall be excluded and pro-
hibited.' Also to take into consideration
any other amendments to the Charter
that may be brought before the meeting.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
II. L. PICK ELS. President.
WIN. III. BILLANY, Secty."
The meeting was largely attended,
nearly thirty directors being present.
The first business done was the appoi ut
ment of committee of three on proxies
Pending the taking of the proxies by
this committee the Presidents report
was submitted, showing the financial
condition OF the Association up to De-
cember 4ta last. The blowing is sum-
mary OF the report:
LIABILITIES.
Mortgages. .................... S12, 1888 80
Notes, bills, &c.......... ..... 5,S6l rs
S1S, 1876 0l
ASSETS
Surf House. .................... 1900 90
Camp meeting grounds and
buildings. .................... 5000 90
Y nsold lots. ................... 1900 90
Balance of taxes due and col
lectable, 2,0S6 40
Due from purchasers of lots
amount collectable) 162 90
Balance IN Treasurer's hands, so 90
Total assets, S2l, 1884 40
Surplus over liabilities, S2,139 80
To which 700 unsold lots arc to be
added, par value $50 each, aggregating
$4,000.
The same report shows the estimated
income for 1879, derived from rent of
Surf House; income from licenses and
proceeds Of a 3 per cent. tax on the as
sesslnent, TO be S3,625, and the estimated
expenses to be 81 10000.
Mr.. Washington Hastings offered the
folio wing resolution:
ReS0iced-That the Board of Directors
be and they are hereby instructed to pc
tition the Legislature of this State, at its
present session to alter that portion of
Section ], of the charter Of this Assocla-
ton, which relates to the name and OBJ
jecIs thereof, by striking out the follow
ing words, viz:
"Camp imeeting," "of the Methodist
Episcopal Church" ''camp meeting
ground and"
And by substituting the words "Metho-
dist Episcopal Church" for the word
"said, where 1t occurs in the 9th line
OF said section l OF the charter, so as to
make said section read as follows, VIZ:
"That Enoch Stubbs, John b. Quigg,
Lucius q. NJ atlock, and such other per-
sons as are now or may hereafter be- as
sociated with them, and their SUCCESSORS
be and are hereby associated body,
corporate and po,tic, under the name OF
"The Rehoboth Beach Association" for
the purpose of providing and maintain
ing permanent Christian sea side re-
sort. where. everything inconsistent with
Christian morality as taught by the
Methodist Episcopal Church shall be eX-
cluded and prohi hibited, and by that name
shall have perpetual SUCCESSION, and be
able to sue and be sued, plead and be
impleaded, etc, ETC."
Mr. S. +. Belts moved to strike .out
the words "as taught by the Methodist
Episcopal Church." Lost.
The resolution was tn en adopted by a
vote of ZIG shares in the affirmative, and
shares in the negative, after which the
meeting adjourned
The effect of this resolution will not
affect the legal aspect of the dancing
question, but will also alter the moral
responsibility OF, the Association for ac-
tions inconsistent with its present name,
buJ beyond its immediate control. which
may happen on the grounds during the
summer season. The name is alsc re-
garded as misnomer, at present, as the
camp meeting is only of "A few days du-
ration, aud the providing :of moral sea
side resort is tho main object OF the AS
sociation.
The prospects for the next season at
the Beach are good. One man writes to
Mr.. Billany in relation to the rooms at
the Surf House, and says the beach was a
God-send to him last summer, as it COM
Ipletelylrestored his shattered health. 1t
Is understood that several new cottages
will be erected.