The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
CITIZENS MUTUAL RELIEF.
Annual Election and Reports OF Officers.

At the annual meeting Of the above society
held last evening the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
| President-Dr. Charles Morse.
Vice President-Benj. Kingsbury.
| Secretary-M. n. Rich.
Treasurer-Dan Carpenter.
Directors-C. W: Belknap, Edmund Dana,
Jr, Joshua G. Morse, William A. Winship,
George A. Harmon.
The following are the reports of the officers
of the Society:
REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE
We have this day examined the accounts of
the Secretary and of the Treasurer and find
the same correct and properly vouched, by
which 1t appears that there has been received
and paid to the treasurer:
For For deposits (admission fees).... .......s 345.oo
for annual assessments. .......... . 41lOO
Total received for permanent fund ..s 1,o56OO
heceived Tor Special assessments -. 1O,25SOO
Total receipts from allowances s1l3l4O
The treasurer has in his hands after paying
the current bills for the year the sum of 81.
2'2.40, OF which 40 belongs to the per-
claims.
MG. PALMER,
M. T. LIBBY,
F. E. TRACY,
Auditing Committee.
rRRAsURK KR's REPORT.
Cash on hand Dec. 2e, 1879 81 35594O
Cash received from Nj. N. Rich, Sec'y. 11,3l4.OO
Cash from Dividends Of Savings banks. S2.63
s14,956.o3
0s paa Sa.afes; nsatb s;:;n,: '....s a5o.00 00
Postages, printing and
aaVsruslng ........ o4l3
New BYLAWS. 44.5O
Janitor's services.... 1900
Returned admission
Balance to new account .,;i..... 4a2949 29.4o
s14,956.O3
Ofthe balance on hand there belongs to per-
manent fund $2,6794O and to death
claims 81 6930O.
Respectfully submitted,
.. CARPENTER, Treasurer.
Portland, Dec. 81 1880.
sRcRETARY's ANNUAL REPORT.
To the officers and members Of the Citizens
Relief Society of Portland. beg respectful
~ to report that have received during the
Year:
Deposits for admission fees ............S 345.OO
Annual assessments ...... I'll O0
special death assessments. s......... :. 1O,25S.OO
Total receipts for the year 1.314OO
rad to the Treasurer. .............. S11 ,314OO
There was at the commenc ement of the
yo". 'ff HomDorS ana members admitted
curing the year 85; total me mbership S29.
Died during the year -; dropped for nom
payment OF dues %; total So. Leaving the
present membership 791 (not including those
admitted this evening.)
Inere have been held during the year II
meetings of the board of directors and IL of
the society
The average length of membership of the
II members deceased was three years and
twenty-three days.
The average cost to each deceased member
paid into the society was S49.23, and the ag-
gregate paid into I the Society by all the de-
ceased members for the year was 1852, to
secure to their families the aggregate sum of
S9,9A.OO. And the total benefits paid since
the organization of the Society amounts to
$30,970O0.
AS appears by the Treasurer's report the
receipts from admission fees and annual as
sessments have not only been ample to pay
current expenses of the Society but leave a
handsome balance to add to the permanent
1una OF the Society, since the total amount
received on account of the permanent fund
was $l,O56, and the total expenses for the
year have been $500; leaving balance to add
to the permanent fund Of 1896.
The number of deaths since the organiza
ton OF the Society between the ages of 81 and
4O has been IL, between 40 and SO has been 10
between so and 60 has been Is and above 30
has been 3. Total number of deaths So
ana the average age Of all deceased men,
bers since the organization of the Society is as
years.
Respectfully submitted,
M. N. RICH Secretarv