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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 14, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 49, No. 24.

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Annual Meeting of Kansas T. and M. Society.

By J. N. Ayers; John Gibbs

The second annual session of this Society was held in Ottawa. Convened May 25, 1877, at 9 A. M. J. N. Ayers, president, in the chair. Opened by prayer. Minutes of the previous annual meeting were read and corrected.
On motion, The president was authorized to appoint a committee of three to make nominations. The president appointed J. H. Cook, Geo. Kennedy, and J. Lamont such committee.
Voted, That the Nominating Committee be authorized to re-district the State. It was also voted that A. J. Stover and R. Worick be added to the committee to assist in re-districting the State.
Remarks by Brn. Santoo, Stover, and others, on experience in distributing tracts,—results good.
Eld. Ayers read some encouraging and interesting extracts from letters. Eld. Waggoner spoke of the importance and efficiency of the Society, and related some interesting incidents which have occurred in the work.
Adjourned to call of the president.

Second Session.

The Society convened, May 27, at 5 P. M. J. N. Ayers in the chair. Prayer by A. J. Stover. Minutes of previous session read and approved.
The committee on re-districting the State made the following report:—
Dist. No. 1 is to comprise Ottawa, Cloud, Republic, Jewell, Mitchell, Lincoln, Russell, Osborn, and Smith Counties, and territory west.
Dist. No. 2, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Clay, and Washington Counties.
Dist. No. 3, Atchison, Doniphan, Brown, and Nemaha Counties.
Dist. No. 4, Wyandotte, Leavenworth, and Jefferson Counties.
Dist. No. 5, Miami, Johnson, Douglas, and Franklin Counties.
Dist. No. 6, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee, and Lyon Counties.
Dist. No. 7, Chase, Morris, Dickinson, and Marion Counties.
Dist. No. 8, McPherson, Saline, Rice, and Ellsworth Counties, and territory west.
Dist. No. 9, Cowley, Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick, and Sumner Counties, and territory west.
Dist. No. 10, Woodson, Coffey, and Greenwood Counties.
Dist. No. 11, Bourbon, Linn, Anderson, and Allen Counties.
Dist. No. 12, Cherokee, Labette, Neosho, and Crawford Counties.
Dist. No. 13, Montgomery, Chautauqua, Elk, and Wilson Counties.
Voted, To receive and adopt the report.
The Committee on Nominations, reported as follows:—
For State officers: President, J. N. Ayers, Garnett, Anderson Co., Kan.; Vice-President, J. Lamont, Mount City, Linn Co.; Secretary, Nettie Sharp, Ottawa, Franklin Co.; Treasurer, John Helligass, Bloomfield, Elk Co. For Directors: Dist. No. 1, Reuben Worick, Jewell Centre, Jewell Co.; Dist. No. 2, J. H. Coffman, Leona, Clay Co.; Dist. No. 3, T. H. Wakeman, Palermo, Doniphan Co.; Dist. No. 4, President will appoint; Dist. No. 5, A. A. Ried, Rantoul, Franklin Co.; Dist. No. 6, J. M. Stanberry, Topeka, Shawnee Co.; Dist. No. 7, President will appoint; Dist. No. 8, E. H. Seaward, Sterling, Rice Co.; Dist. No. 9, N. W. Allen, Towanda, Butler Co.; Dist. No. 10, Jesse Tomlinson, Eureka, Greenwood Co.; Dist. No. 11, A. W. Cone, Uniontown, Bourbon Co.; Dist. No. 12, A. J. Stover, Oswego, Labette Co.; Dist. No. 13, J. P. Henderson, Harrisonville, Montgomery Co.
The report of Nominating Committee was received, and the officers were elected on separate ballots.
Voted, That the president appoint a committee to audit accounts of treasurer and secretary. Brn. Kennedy, Worick, and Henderson were appointed such committee.
Adjourned, to call of Chair.

Third Session.

Met May 28, 5 P. M. J. N. Ayers in the chair. Minutes of the previous meeting read and approved.
Auditing Committee reported accounts of treasurer and secretary correct. Report accepted.
The secretary then read the following consolidated report of T. and M. labor for the year commencing May 29, 1876, and ending May 29, 1877:—
The report table lists District Nos. 1 through 6 and a Total column, with rows for Membership, Reports, Donors, Families Visited, Families Written, New Members, New Subscribers, Subscribers, Almanacs Distributed, Pages Distributed, Books furnished Libraries, Books furnished Individuals, Received Donations, Received from Book Sales, Periodicals, and Subscriptions on Slips. Amount due Publishing Association, as per our books, $182.63.
On motion, The Society adjourned.
J. N. Ayers, Pres.
John Gibbs, Sec.