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of our land and those coming to our shores
a still greater love and devotion ID cur
country.
in closing my report, thank the ladies
of the board and the Continental Congress
for their assistance and courtesy"
Work of Corresponding Secretary Gen
eral.l
The corresponding secretary general, Mrs.
Frances Ingra ham Mann, reported fol-
lows:
For the past year 1 nave the honor to
report the following supplies sent out from
the Office of the corresponding secretary
general: Application blanks. 22.374; consti-
buttons, 1873; circular, How to Become
Member 2,553; list of national officers
2,O33; miniature blanks, 2,442; circular for
same. ZAP; transfer cards, 11S3; letters
received, 1901; letters written, 1,196.
Receipts and Expenditures.
The report of the treasurer general. Mrs.
NJ e. S. Davis, shows that the receipts of
the year from all sources amounted to
$S3,979.4J. Total amount expended, $685.
O2IS3
There was contributed to Continental Hall
fund, sl34 ,543Sj, and exactly that sum
spent.
Mrs. Davis said in summing things up:
"Of the amount to the credit of the cur
iSiIl luiId oi MIDI CH 1910, as SHOWN DS
this report, l. e., $50, 933.97 there can safely
be transferred to the permanent fund the
sum of $4,000. On the basis of no increase
of receipts for the next year over the last,
which is hardly probable, and allowing for
an increase of expenditures of 80 per cent,
If necessary, there Will still be sufficient
funds to meet all demands and leave a
comfortable balance at the end of the cur
rent year.
''rha; -tIp fOrepoinp yhi
relates to the expenditure of the permanent
or building fund.- will doubtless be read with
interest it shows the progress which is
being made toward providing future home
for the society The payments under the
contract for the auditorium of course,
necesstated in the month of February last,
the sale of all the bonds held as an invest
ment by the society, the amount realized
being placed to the credit of the society
with the American Security and Trust
Company, subject to check. All vouchers
presented for payment by the contractors
are similar in form to those used in the case
of all large contracts, and in government
work and contain the complete measure
ment of the work from its inception to the
date of the voucher, with all previous pay
ments noted thereon. From the amount ac-
tually due at the time of each measure
ment the customary 10 per cent is withheld
for protection against faulty work, mechan-
les liens etc, and the correctness of each
voucher is certified to by the architect and
by Mr.. Bernard r. Green of the advisory
committee before IL is approved and author
lied by the president general and chair
man of the finance committee
IF it We're not for the happy expecta-
ton that the building fund will very soon
be materially added to, there might at this
time be reason for alarm as the nearness to
bed rock which she shows has but 81, I69. IS
actually available at the time of the clos
ing of her report
Librarian Generals Exhibit.
The report of Mrs Mary Evans Rosa
showed that since the last continental con-
gress 4I2 books and 166 pamphlets have
been added to the library, a total of 63S
accessories-63 more than was reported to
the last continental congress and the larg-
est accession for any year since the library
was established OF these 1915 were pre-
sented, 217 were received by exchange, 10
were obtained through courtesy of authors
and from publishers for review in the
American Monty Magazine. and % were
purchased. In addition to these, the library