Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-28
OFFICE OF SECRETARY MUTUAL,
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SELF-ENDOwMENr AND BIZ
NEvoLENr ASSOCIATION or AMERICA.
LoNGvIEw, Texas, January s, 1888.
To the Finance Committee, Board Of Dlrcc-
tors and Members OF this Association
1t Is with great pleasure that | most
! respectfully submit to YOU this, my
second semi-annual report, for your
diligcnt investigation, that you may
compare it with the books of my
office, and thereby he enabled to re-
port to the members and the Public
generally the condition in which YOU
find this organization. | would sug-
gest that you examine the death
proofs in connection with assessment
registry, TO ascertain that deceased
members were in good standing ut the
time of death, that you may then he
enabled to report that none but legiti-
mate claims have been paid from the
death benefit fund. | also ask your
careful investigation of the death
benefit fund; see that it has been
properly credited with one advance
assessment from each member, and 10
all collection of assessments number
ing from Z TO ! inclusive. From these
two sources alone can the death benefit
fund bc created. The claims pnid
Z
necessarily follows that the disburse-
mcnts are correct.
The progress made by the associa
ton has been very satisfactory, having
ISSUED within the past six months
| ,Sil certificates.
My report will be found under the
head OF exhibits a, Il, &, ID, Il, Il, q
and Ii.
Exhibit ".A'' is cash and shows that
| have received since my Inst report
On general % ~
On pnicy VI OQ
ON Youth and 30 "a
ON Medical Direction. Sgi u.
on Death BENEFIT fnnd....,..,..........i oSsH II
on Membership fees ..,u....,."-....,.,,. 2iSS u
On ANNUAL dues 0iii ~
SioO5O ii
From that exhibit 1t will also be
seen that have paid the treasurer
S50, 02l o., as per his receipts, number
ing from l0T 10 1911, inclusive, which |
respectfully submit, TINT you may
compare ana check with this exhibit
Exhibit B Is my account with the
treasurer, showing that | hive paid
him, since my last report. S50,024.02,
as per his receipts No. l07 to No. 1871
/ also shows that the treasurer has
paid, ms per death benefit fund:
Warrants No ~ 10 ~ inclusive. ,..,....sle2M 10
AS per general warrants idS 10 1876, IN
SiSl ~
Endowment warrants aj 10 81, inclu.
StNc ........... ~ , 90
il %
Total..................................s5 Os7 70
| would respectful refer you TO En-
dowment bills receivable, Exhibit
"D, - TO check warrants No. - to 32i
as notes and warrants are of even
numbers.
Exhibit "C.n Death Benefit Fund
shows total disbursement of $4,000, to-
wit;
Paid legatces ofdeceased members slp,2)9 10
endowment rand ...,...,.......,.-, 23,.0) %
endowment Interest. ..'....,'..... 81
Total Observation-Disclosures, $4,000 %
The total receipts to the credit Of
! the Death Benefit Fund, as shown by
cash receipts exhibit "a, and this
! exhibit $40, SS6.4l, being one advance
assessment from 1911 members, and
! total collections on assessments No.
| TO II inclusive.
| Exhibit "D'i Is Il statement of En-
| dowment Fund and Endowment
/ Bills Receivable. The Endowment
/ Fund will show that So, 200 have ac-
cumulated 10 It's credit since last
report, and that its accumulation
prior TO last report was S902l.56
! making total accumulation of So
/ 22l So, Endowment bills receivable
show that So, 1880 haze been loaned
since last report, rs per notes NO. "a TO
32l inclusive; loaned previous TO last
report, $4,000, making total loans
| S3i .6SJ--one note, No. 20i, for 500,
| having been paid by death benefit
! fund, leaves =.
Note balance TO endowment fund Sal $50 90
Cash '-''''''''" ~
ro,o,, ......................... ss2.2al 50
Balancing with total Accommodations.
Exhibit "E'-College fund-Ihh
fund as yet, is small, showing an ac-
emulation of s2S5.73, this amount be-
| ing ) per cent. of dues collected, SILL
having beed paid ion the tnitlon OF
minor children OF deceased menl-
bers. Several minors are now IN
fschool, whose teachers have not rs
vet, seut in their accounts eonse-
auently they do not appear upon my
looks. While this fund is AT present,
one of the least in size, IL II, ~ no
means the least In Importance. ~ VIII
probably accumulate TO sl,oOy 1ufing
the next Twelve ilohthSi az"
confident in saying that as the oiIiiail-
agn ~ the association Increases BY
reason of the death of members. the
college fund will become one OF the
most important features OF our organ
izatl0n. to..t,;,,
Exhibit "Fn-Status OF membership,
January &. lss8--shows total number
If certificates issued, 3I7s;. total
. ...,,.,,sions lI3. total annulnents,