Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 9 A. M. The time of this meeting was occupied with a continuation of the discussion which was begun at the second meeting, Brethren L. McCoy, W. W. Prescott, M. C. Guild, R. A. Underwood, I. D. Van Horn, and others making remarks. On motion the meeting17adjourned to meet at 9 A. M. the following day. FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 9 A. M. At this meeting, after some remarks by D. T. Bourdeau, the president called A. G. Daniells to the chair, and suggested to the stockholders some technical changes in the wording of resolutions 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, making them read as follows:— 2. That our trustees are hereby instructed to as rapidly as possible transfer all the interests of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association to the General Conference, or to a corporation designated by the General Conference, including all of its assets and liabilities of every nature whatsoever. 3. That we ask the General Conference to make an earnest appeal to all the stockholders in the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association to assign said stock, without consideration, to the General Conference, or to a corporation which it may designate. 5. That if necessary to effect these purposes above mentioned, a branch institution be temporarily established at such point in the East as the General Conference may select, until such time as the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association can legally transfer its assets and interests to the General Conference or to a corporation designated by said Conference. 6. That the conditions of this transfer be such that the corporation be a non-dividend-paying and non-stock company, and that all earnings of the Association derived from the publishing work shall belong to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, for the promulgation of the gospel in all parts of the world. 7. That the trustees are hereby instructed to as rapidly as possible dispose of all real estate and other properties that are not needed or can not be used in carrying out the above resolutions. On motion by I. H. Evans, seconded by G. I. Butler, these amendments were adopted. The discussion which was in progress at the close of the last session was then resumed, Brethren G. W. Morse, J. H. Kellogg, A. G. Daniells, L. McCoy, L. R. Conradi, S. H. Lane, W. T. Knox, and G. I. Butler taking part; also I. H. Evans, who again called Elder Daniells to the chair. The meeting was then adjourned until the following Monday. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 9 A. M. The discussion of the resolutions before the stockholders was continued at this meeting, the principal feature of the discussion being a sentiment in the minds of some against the wording of the resolutions, on the ground that there was a possibility that the institution might pass into the hands of the General Conference. In view of this sentiment, it was moved by W. W. Prescott that the meeting adjourn until the following day, with the understanding that the Committee on Plans again take the resolutions under consideration, and endeavor to remove the ground of the objections which had been expressed. The motion to adjourn was carried. TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 9 A. M. The Committee on Plans, whose former report was referred back to them at the previous meeting, presented the following amended resolutions, with a motion by W. T. Knox that they be substituted for those previously presented:— 1. That the trustees of this Association, and the General Conference Committee of Seventh-day Adventists, be instructed to provide for the establishing of a printing plant in some State in the East, and to create or designate a corporation that shall hold and operate said printing plant, in harmony with the recommendations of the late General Conference concerning the control and ownership of all denominational institutions. 2. That our trustees are hereby instructed to transfer as rapidly as possible all the interests of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association to said corporation, including all its assets and liabilities of every nature whatsoever. 3. That we ask the General Conference to make an earnest appeal to all stockholders in the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association to donate their stock to the corporation provided for in Resolution 1. 4. That our trustees are hereby instructed to speedily collect all the outstanding accounts, and settle all bills now contracted by the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association. 5. That if necessary to effect these purposes above mentioned, a branch institution be temporarily established at such point in the East as the trustees of this Association, and the General Conference Committee, by joint action, may select, until such time as the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association can legally transfer its assets and interests to the corporation provided for in Resolution 1. 6. That the conditions of this transfer be such that the corporation shall be a non-dividend-paying and non-stock company, and that all the net earnings of the above corporation derived from the publishing work shall belong to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists for the promulgation of the gospel in all parts of the world. 7. That the trustees are hereby instructed to, as rapidly as possible, dispose of all real estate and other properties that are not needed, and can not be used in carrying out the above resolutions. 8. That our trustees are hereby instructed to execute, or to assist in executing, the above plans with all due dispatch. The motion to substitute these resolutions was adopted. On motion by A. T. Jones, Resolution 1 was amended to read as follows:— 1. That the trustees of this Association, advising with the General Conference Committee of Seventh-day Adventists, be instructed to provide for the establishing of a printing plant in some State in the East, and to create or designate a corporation that shall hold and operate said printing plant, in harmony with the recommendations of the late General Conference concerning the control and ownership of all denominational institutions. It was moved by F. E. Belden to substitute for all the resolutions the words: “That the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association do not rebuild its plant in Battle Creek.” The motion was lost. The question of the adoption of the resolutions being called for, the Chair appointed as tellers W. H. Edwards, E. R. Palmer, and I. A. Ford, and the stockholders proceeded to ballot, after which the meeting adjourned until 9 A. M. the next day, with the ballots in the tellers’ hands. This meeting was called to order according to appointment at 9 A. M., April 29, but as many of the stockholders were not ready for business, it was moved and carried that the meeting adjourn until 9:30 o’clock. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 9:30 A. M. After the meeting was opened, the tellers were called upon to report on the result of the balloting on the resolutions presented by the Committee on Plans. W. H. Edwards presented the report as follows:— Whole number of votes cast, 2,274. Votes cast in favor of the resolutions, 1,970. Votes in the negative, 143. The remaining votes were in favor of the removal of the institution from Battle Creek, but not in harmony with the resolutions as a whole. The Committee on Resolutions then offered the following for consideration:— Whereas, the REVIEW AND HERALD is our church organ, and— Whereas, The Mission Board has withdrawn the Missionary Magazine from circulation, contributing its matter to the REVIEW, therefore— We recommend, That all our laborers be requested to do their utmost to place the REVIEW AND HERALD in every family of Seventh-day Adventists in the country. The resolution was adopted. After some discussion touching the appearance and contents of the REVIEW, the report of the Committee on Nominations was called for. E. R. Palmer presented the report, as follows:— Your Committee on Nominations respectfully submits the following:— The duty of your committee was to nominate three trustees to fill the places made vacant by the three trustees whose terms have now expired. The number of trustees required is seven. The names of those whose terms have not expired are I. H. Evans, A. G. Daniells, S. H. Lane, C. D. Rhodes. We beg to place in nomination the following-named persons: W. W. Prescott, Joseph Smith, G. W. Amadon. The stockholders then proceeded to ballot upon the names presented, the result of the ballot being announced by W. H. Edwards, as follows:— Total number of votes cast, 2,025. For Joseph Smith, 1,769; for G. W. Amadon, 1,701; for W. W. Prescott, 1,629; the remaining votes were scattering. On motion, the meeting adjourned sine die.