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ers, after which a recess was taken
until O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.

work of the association during the pas
year, and shows healthy increase il
membership. The number Of poIlcie
in force June lst. 1891, was 1918, agains
1897 for the correspondinging date las
year. The amount paid to benefciarie
for the year ending June 1st, 1891, wa
So. .766 80, and the balance in the hand
of the treasurer was $69457 Of which
1912 belongs to the reserve fund, which
is money collected from delinQuen
members.
After the reading Of the secretary
report the auditing committee submit
ted its report to the convention, The
books of the secretary and treasurer
were found to be correct. The amount
of $71 25 received from ex Secretary L
M. Ryan, was ordered paid to the bene
fclaries on assessments 81, IS and SO
and credited to Division No. 1, OF Ram
sey county.
The committee on revision of the con
stitution and hv laws next made it's re-
port as follows: 1.-The committee on re-
vision OF the constitution and bylaws,
report shat amendments Of Division
No. l, Blue Earth county, and that of
z. A.. MCCARTHY, of Division No. /.
Stevens county were read and that on
consideration it was voted that the
present constitution do stand, and
recommend thaC documents above re-
ferred to be read. if the convention so
desires." Signed
FRANCIS Con WAY,
Chairman.
1t was moved that the report Of the
committee be laid On the table and the
committee discharged, which motion
was adopted. Yeas 20, nays Is.
The revision of the constitution was
then taken up section by section and
after many proposed amendments were
offered and as many times rejected, it
was moved and adopted that the present
constitution and bylaws remain III
force until the next convention at least,
so that after all the convention ratified
the action Of, the revision committee.
The convention then took a recess until
9 O'clock Tuesday morning.
SECOND DAY.
The convention met at 10 o'clock.
Considerable discussion during the
session took place upon a
resolution offered by F. e. Newell, Of
Stevens county, to use the amount uf
money in the reserve fund to pay as
sessment 81. The resolution was tabled
and the convention proceeded to the
election Of officers. Messrs. Newell and
O'Dowd were appointed tellers and the
balloting commenced, the result Of
which was the election of the following
officers for 1891 81: President, John r..
Byrnes, MINNEAPOLIS; vloe.pres dent,
John Mccarthy, Stillw ater; secretarp,
John A. O'Shau ghnessy. Saltwater;
treasurer, John Sheeh7, Montgomery;
Board Of Directors, j. j. Kennedy, ST..
Paul; p. a. Mccarthy. Morris; F. H.
Grant, St. Paul; j. w. Craven, Nor
wood; Geo. w. Murphy, Faribault;
Auditing Committee, R. w. McGarry,
saltwater; John Leyden, St. Paul; H.
B. Conlon, Belle Plaine.
e. resolution was passed instructlng
the chairman to appoint committee of
i've on revision OF the constitution and
bylaws. the committee TO be appointed
at some future time and to report at the
next convention. Henry J. McVav, of
Ramsey county, presented an amend
ment making it obligatory on the asso'
cation to pay at leat $500 on each
policy. After discussion it was referred
to the committee on revision. Resolu'
tlons of thanks to the Ramsey county
Hibernians for their generous hospital
ity and to the state officers and officers
Of the convention were unanimously
passed after which the closing PRAYER
was offered by Rev. Father Kervick,
and the fourth annual convention
passed into history.
THE ENTERTAINMENT AND BANQUET.
The generosity Of Ramsey county
Hibernians is provervial. The good
old irish welcome extended to the otfic-
ers, delegates and visitors to the fourth
annual insurance convention by the A
0. II. of Ramsey county, will be re-
membered by every one who had the
good fortune to be present, as long as
life remains.
1t was half past eight o'clock last
Monday eveng when T. F. Kellehe1
ascended the rostrum at A. 0. 81. hall
and in the absence of County Delegate
Burns, called the meeting to order. He
stated that the object Of the gathering
was the entertainment Of the visiting
delegates, and introduced as chairman
for the evening the veteran Minnesota
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