The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-02
HISTORY DEPARTMENT.
BOARD or TRUSTEES OF STATE
 BUREAU MEET.
Director Owen Submitted an Inter esting Report of the Work. Standing Committees Named
 and Resolutions Adopted.


 The regular annual meeting of the
 Board of Trustees of the Alabama De-
 partment of Archives and History was
 held yesterday in the office of the
 director. Thomas M. owen. at the Stasc
 capitol It convened about noon and was
 in sessien until near o'clock D. m. Hon
 w. D. Jelks, the Governor. prssided. MT.
 Jelks Is the trustee for the Third District
 and by virtue of his position as Governor,
 he is also a member of the board. 1Ths
 director acted as tue secretary of the
 meeting.
 There were present Peter J. Hamilton
 Esq., of Mobile. for the First Congres-
 sional District; Colcnel Jefferson M.
 Falkner of Montgomery, for the Second
 District; Hon. W. D. Jelks of Eufaula,
 for the Third District; pr. J. Hal John son of Talladega. for the Fourth District, and Colonel Sam Will John of Birming- ham for the Ninth District. Owing to sickness, business engagements. or other reasons, Messrs H. E. Foster, o. D. Street. Hon. William Richardson and pr. Wyatt H. Blake, the remaining members of the board, were unable to attend Un- der the law five members constitute a quorum, so the business of the meeting proceeded. ss
 Suitable and fitting resolutions were of
 fered by Colonel John on the death of the late Governor. Hon. William J. sam ford, which were adopted. It will be re- called that Governor Sanford took an active interest in the establishment Of the department, and in furtherance or the e1- fort submitted special message to the General Assembly urging its importance and necessity. Governor Sanford was ex-officio a member of the board. and | presided at the meeting of organization. March 2. 1901.
 Mir Hamilton called attention to the | movement now in progress in Mobile look | ing to the celebration in that city In l90I | of the bi-centennial of it's settlement by | the French. To give effect to its interst resolution, offered by MT Hamilton, was adopted. instructing the director of the department to cooperate in all prac- | tical ways in making this celebration a success. ~e
 MT. Owen here presented his report as director. covering the period from the | organization, March 2. 1901 to the end Of | the fiscal year. Sept 30. 1901. This report was exhaustice and elaborate, entering l fully into the entire work and operations | of the department Wopderful progress was shown in every line of activity pro- jected-in the collection of books. news paper files, historic pictures. manuscripts, | museum articles, the collection of war records the compilation of material. etc., | etc., There was a general discussion of | it's various features. all of the trustees expressing their qualification at what had
 been accomplished. On motion of pr. Johnson the report was received and the commendation of the board extended the director for his excellent showing The portions of the report respecting publica- tions and the financial statement were re- ferred to the Publication and Auditing Committee respectively.
 Reports were made by the Executive HA p,,h and Auditing Committee. Tho latter commit tee reported that careful examination of the accounts and vouchers of the expen- ditures by the directors had been made. and that every thing was found to be correct. Every item was represented by a voucher in regular form.
 Chairman Jelks reappointed the three standing committees as follows: Executive Committee-Governor Jelks,
 Messrs Falkner. John and Foster. Auditing Committee-Messrs Johnson, Jelks and Richardson. e..r Publication Committee--Messr Hamil- | ton, Street and Blake.
 As is known Colonel J. W. DuBoss has | for some time been acting as literary assistant in the department. The board | expressed gratification at his connection | with the work.
 The director was empowered to employ | from time to time any and all clerical
 assistance he may need, within the limits
 of the funds provided for maintenance. The public spirit of The Advertiser for | the use of its Sunday columns for the
 benefit of the department was commend | ed.
 | The trustees went carefully over the | entire work done. An examination was
 made of the collections which had been brought together. and astonishment cX-
 pressed at their extent and variety l The business ofice of the director will
 continue in the Senate cloak room, which
 has been suitably furnished. Arrange
 ments are being made for elegant
 quarters for the gallery and museum.