THE meeting of the third quarter of the California State Tract and Missionary Society was held April 19, 1879. Brethren Mavity, Church, and Saunders, Directors of Districts No. 2, 3, and 5, attended. There being present neither President nor Vice President, it was moved and carried that Eld. J. H. Waggoner fill the chair. Meeting opened with prayer. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and accepted. The report of labor for the past quarter was then read, as follows:— Owing to the removal of the Vice President from the State without resignation of his office, it was moved that the office of Vice President be declared vacant. Carried. For the same cause the office of Director of District No. 7 was also declared vacant. M. C. Israel was elected Vice President, and W. N. Glenn Director of District No. 7, for the remainder of the present year. Remarks at some length were made in reference to the wants of the cause, and the prospect of Eld. Haskell's coming to California. An earnest hope was expressed that Eld. Haskell will come soon. For want of a President the work of the society has not been what it should be, and all are expecting that the cause will be benefited by the labors of Eld. Haskell. J. H. WAGGONER, Pres't, pro tem.
LILLIE D. ABBEY, Secretary.