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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 19, 1876

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 48, No. 16.

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WISCONSIN T. & M. SOCIETY.

By H. W. Decker; Mattie A. Babcock

The general meeting of the Wisconsin T. & M. Society convened at Hundred Mile Grove, Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. The meeting opened September 29, at 2 P. M. The report of the last meeting was read and accepted.
Voted, That Mattie A. Babcock act as secretary of the T. & M. Society for the remainder of the year.
Voted, That Mattie A. Babcock, of Brodhead, Green Co., Wis., act as librarian of the T. & M. Society.
Remarks were made by Eld. Sanborn on changing directors in Dist. No. 15.
Voted, That O. Hawley be released from acting as director in said district.
Voted, That John W. Young act as director in said district.
Resolved, That, in the judgment of this meeting, it is best to have but one camp-meeting the coming year.
Voted, To recommend the holding of our next camp-meeting at Portage City, provided suitable accommodations can be procured.
Interesting remarks were made by the several ministers in reference to the proper times and places of holding tent-meetings.
Adjourned to call of Chair.

SECOND SESSION.

The second session was called Oct. 1. The report of the present quarter was read, showing the following results:—
District report Total
No. of Members 395
No. of Reports 100
Families Visited 216
Letters Written 120
New Members 6
Donations $86.53
Book Sales $11.15
Periodicals $2.00
New Subscribers for Periodicals 18
Periodicals Sent to Friends on Trial 15
Periodicals Distributed 1,076
Almanacs 290
Tracts & Pamphlets Distributed,—pp. 81,246
In Dist. No. 4, 95 charts have been sold, and 50 given away.
The financial standing of the districts, according to the treasurer’s report, is as follows:—
On hand at beginning of quarter, $233.49. Received during quarter, 92.63. Total, $326.12. Paid out, $204.50. Cash on hand, 121.62. Total, $326.12.
Adjourned to call of Chair.

THIRD SESSION.

The third session convened Oct. 1, at 2 P. M.
Voted, That the top of tent No. 3 be sold and the avails put into the tent fund.
Voted, That the sixty-foot tent be enlarged by a strip fifty feet long.
Voted, That $125.00 be raised for a camp-meeting fund.
Voted, That the fund to be raised for tents and camp-meetings be called the Tent and Camp-meeting Fund.
Voted, That the ministers of this Conference be furnished by the Society with tracts for judicious distribution, and that they report to the State secretary.
Adjourned to call of Chair.
H. W. Decker, Pres.
Mattie A. Babcock, Sec.