Sixth Annual Meeting of the S. D. A. Publishing Association.
Pursuant to notice of the Secretary through the Review, the sixth annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association was held in the city of Battle Creek, Mich., Friday, May 18, 1866. Present, all the officers of the Association, except the President. The Vice President, G. W. Amadon, took the chair. Meeting opened with prayer by Eld. J. N. Andrews. The roll was then called. Members present, 37, representing 119 shares. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The Auditor's report being the next business in order, Bro. I. D. Van Horn, Auditor, presented the following report: I do hereby certify that I have carefully examined the books and accounts of the Association, and find them correctly kept. The amount of receipts and expenditures of the Association for the year ending May 1, 1866, are as follows: Cash on hand at the commencement of the Conference year, May 12, 1865,6$ 3589,86 Received on Review and Herald, $ 4792,93
" " Youth's Instructor, 508,52
" " Accounts and Deposits, 12281,28
" " Cash Sales, 2716,38
" " Donations, 786,35
" " Shares, 260,00
" for job work, 394,78
" " Premium on draft and gold, 300,35
" on Mich. Conf. Fund, 3726,05
" General Conf. Fund, 1751,22 Paid out on Deposits, $15012,25
" " for Office labor, 3976,90
" " " Materials, 325,38
" " " Stock, Paper, Books, &c., 2535,94
" " " Wood and Incidentals, 908,41
" " " Real Estate, 1653,27
" " on Mich. Conf. Fund, 2955,69
" " General Conf. Fund, 1460,27 Cash on hand to balance, May 1, 1866, $2279,61
Total value of the property of the Association as per inventory, $29466,15
Due the Association on Book acc't., 7966,77
Cash on hand, May 1, 1866, 2279,61 The Association owes on Notes and Accounts, $10600,53
Assets after all debts are paid, $29112,00
I. D. Van Horn, Auditor. The general business of the Association was then introduced by the Secretary in a written statement of the business to come before the meeting, viz. :- Election of Officers.
- Election of Editors.
- Compensation of Auditor.
- Salaries of President, Editors, Secretary, and Treasurer.
The business was then called up item by item for discussion and action, by written resolutions. On motion of Bro. E. S. Walker it was
Resolved, That we nominate all the officers at one balloting. The following persons were then nominated as candidates to fill the offices of the Association for the ensuing year, viz. : For President, Eld. James White; Vice President, Geo. W. Amadon; Secretary, J. M. Aldrich; Treasurer, E. S. Walker; Auditor, Eld. I. D. Van Horn; Committee on Publication, U. Smith and J. N. Loughborough. Said persons were then duly elected to the respective offices named. On motion of J. N. Loughborough,
Resolved, That the Editors of the Review and Instructor be nominated at one balloting. U. Smith was then nominated and elected as Editor of the Review, and Mrs. A. P. Van Horn as Editress of the Instructor. On motion of J. N. Loughborough,
Resolved, That the Auditor be paid at the rate $10,00 per week for the time spent in auditing the accounts of the Association. On motion of U. Smith,
Resolved, That the Association pay the President, Secretary, and Treasurer, for their services such sums as shall be decided by the trustees to be adequate to their labor. On motion of J. N. Loughborough,
Resolved, That the Association pay the Editor of the Review $12,00 per week. On motion of E. S. Walker,
Resolved, That the Association pay the Editress of the Youth's Instructor $75,00 per year for her services. On motion of U. Smith,
Resolved, That in view of the still continued high prices of stock, owing to which the prices attached to our publications do not meet the cost of publishing the same, therefore,
Resolved, That we continue the publications at their former rates; and to meet the extra expense occasioned by the high prices of material, be it further
Resolved, That we solicit from the brethren at large, donations at the call of the trustees, sufficient to cover the deficiency. The meeting then adjourned to the call of the President.
G. W. Amadon, Vice President.
J. M. Aldrich, Secretary.