The record-union., 1897-05-25
compulsion) 2, children otherwise

compulsioD 2, children otherwise
helped 65.
The character of the various kinds of
cruelty to children is indicated below:
Rescued from houses of ill-repute %
vicious associations %, starvation, neg
lect, failure to provide %, Incorporate
parents 10, cruelty of parents mostly
PHYSICAL 10, poverty (parents not re-
sponsible) 10, rape Z, abduction =, beg
ging 5, unnatural acts 3, unclassified
(procuress, opium dens, etc) 43.
OF applications for guardianship
number of children involved-3 The
complaint and history register of cases
shows convictions had as follows:
Case 5, fined $50, paid; case Z, SEN
fenced to State Prison for five years
and fined, unable to pay the fine; case
l3, sentenced to sixty days; case 16,
sentenced to sixty days; case 26, for
feited his cash bail and S100 went to
city; case %, sentenced to Folsom for
ten years; case SO. sentenced to forty
days; case f0f, sentenced TO three
months; number too young to be prose-
cuted, 5.
OF the membership report-Number
of members before June II, 1896, Sc;
elected since then, IT'S; deceased, 1 re-
signed. 0; contributors, L; not in ar
rears, 100; in arrears (partial and to-
tab, 100
The receipts have been S50J 40, not
turns. For limitations, dues, badges,
etc, 5000 10; from fines, $3.50; from
annual contributor, 81; from Supervis-
ols for April, $25; from Board of Trus-
| tees, 500 per month.
The disbursements have been: For
stationery and postage, S41; printing,
$:33 %; telephone, $40 30; clerical as
sistant for four months, 500 incorpora
ton and Notary fees, $15; badges,
S32 %; legal services, $50; officers
travelling expenses, $47 75; part of fine
allowed Officer Healey, S75; extras and
sundries, SO %; guardianship papers,
So GO; total, 1896 30
Secretary Simon added a few words
in explanation as he read his report.
The report was ordered filed and car
| ried upon the minutes.
| THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Was then taken up, some time being
consumed in making nominations. Rev.
Mr.. Herrick declined to run again for
| President, holding that the office had
better change it's incumbent annually.
Rev. Mr.. Simon was nominated for
President, but subsequently declined
on the appeal of several members who
! loudly insisted that he should retain
the Secretaryship another year, and
| that society interest demanded it of
him. He finally consented to do SO
with hesitation, as he felt that he had
too much to do. The result of the
! election was:
| President, Dr. Charles Van Orden,
| who was installed and made brief
neat speech; First President,
Mrs. Clara Parsons; Associate Vice
| Presidents, Mrs. Joseph Beebe, Mrs.
James Faris. r. NJ. Clarken, Isadore
| Schad, Mrs. H. G. Smith, Mrs. J. z.
Mills. Mrs. C. H. Hubbard, Mrs. j. O..
| Coleman, Mrs. NJ. Carrier, Mrs. c. NJ.
| Beckwith, Mrs. NJ. Cushman. f. p.
! Colgan, Mrs Theodore Deming, Rev.
A C. Herrick, Miss Nellie Wilcox. Mrs.
NJ. E. Mumford, A. J. Moffet, p. F. Nc
Morry, Mrs. Buckminster; Secretary,
| Rabbi A. Simon: Treasurer, o. w. Err
| levine; Directors, with the President,
First Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer, Mrs. F. L. Gray, S. G..
Smith and Mrs. A. J. Johnston.
| OFFICER HEALY.
| The society's special officer, D. Healy,
then made his report. 1t was a very
| long one, and included detailed ac-
| counts of twenty-three new cases into
which he had examined, and in which
| he had taken action, in most cases
4
| in some acting at once where necessity
| demanded Some of the cases were de-
plorably pitiable, some of them excited
| Indignation and some were appeals to
the charitable. Most, however, related
| to rescue of children from actual vice,
environment tending to corrupt them,
unlawful assault. physical cruelty,
abandonment and the like.
Quite lengthy debate was had as to
ways and means of collecting dues, the
members clearly seeing that to allow
delinquencies to accumulate means to
| cripple the usefulness of the society
and lessen its membership.
! The Secretary was instructed finally
| to adopt his own methods OF collecting
| dues. An amendment was proposed
to the laws providing that dues shall be
! 81, payable yearly, instead of 25 cents
quarterly. Under the rule it went to
the table for one month. The society
then adjourned