Fourth Annual Meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association.
Pursuant to call of the Trustees through the Review, the fourth annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association was held in the city of Battle Creek, Mich., Friday, May 20, 1864. Present, all the officers of the Association. Meeting opened with prayer by the President. The roll was then called. Members present 45, representing 155 votes. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The next business in order being the Auditor's report, Bro. I. D. Van Horn, Auditor, presented the following report: FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUDITOR OF THE S. D. A. PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. This is to certify that I have carefully examined the books and accounts of the Association, and find them all correctly kept, showing the following results since the date of last report, Oct. 4, 1863, viz.: Received on Review, $3241.62
" " Instructor, 331.65
" " Deposits, 8665.60
" " Account, 1197.82
" " Books, cash sales & by mail, 328.49
" " Shares in Association, 295.84
" " Donations, 12.50
" " New Charts, 33.50
" " Custom Work, 193.00
Total, $14300.02 Amount of Mich. Conf. Fund on hand
at the time of last meeting, Oct. 4, 1863, $36.26
Amount received since last report, 1181.71
Total, $1217.97
Amount paid out since last report, 838.05
Balance in Treasury May 13, 1864, $379.92 Amount of Missionary Fund on hand
at the time of last meeting, Oct. 4, 1863, $201.75
Amount received since last report, $1792.09
Total, $1993.84
Amount paid out since last report, 1202.53
Balance in Treasury May 13, 1864, $791.31 Whole amount received on all items
since last report, $17273.82 The Association has paid as follows:
For work in Office, $2501.61
" Materials and Sundries, 1772.36
On deposits and outstanding notes, 7825.74
Whole amount paid out on all items
since last report, $14140.29
Cash on hand to balance, 3133.53
Total, $17273.82 Total am't. of assetts of Association, $26700.69
Amount due on outstanding notes, $2413.38
" " Missionary Fund, 791.31
" " Mich. Conf. Fund, 379.92
Total, $3584.56 Assets after all debts are paid, $23116.13
Value of property at formation of
Association, 9565.46
Increase of property by donations,
shares, and profits, $13550.67 I. D. VAN HORN, Auditor.
Battle Creek, Mich., May 13, 1864. 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.:- Consider the proposed change in the by-laws, as given with the notice of the meeting.
- Election of Officers.
- Election of Editors.
- Salaries of President, Editors, Secretary, and Treasurer.
- Compensation of Auditor.
The business was then called up item by item for discussion and action, by written resolutions. The proposed change in the by-laws being first in order, was called up by the following resolution offered by Eld. J. H. Waggoner: Resolved, That Sec. 2 of Art. xii, be amended as follows: In 6th line, after the words "to wit," strike out the remainder of the section, and in place thereof insert the following: "In the upper portion from left to right, the inscription, 'S. D. Adventist,' preceded and followed by an ornamental dash, and in the lower portion the words, 'Publishing Association.' In the upper portion of the central ground shall be the words, 'Incorporated May 3d, 1861,' and in the lower portion the words, 'Battle Creek, Mich.'" On motion of Bro. Andrews it was unanimously adopted. On motion of Eld. J. N. Loughborough it was
Resolved, That we nominate all the officers at one balloting. Carried. The following brethren were nominated for the offices named, and unanimously elected: Eld. James White, President; Geo. W. Amadon, Vice President; Elders J. N. Loughborough and J. N. Andrews, Committee on Publication; Uriah Smith, Treasurer; E. S. Walker, Secretary, and I. D. Van Horn, Auditor. On motion of Bro. White, Uriah Smith was nominated and elected Editor of the Review and Herald, and sister Adelia P. Patten Editress of the Youth's Instructor. The compensation of President, Editors, Secretary, and Auditor being next in order, Eld. J. H. Waggoner offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Editor of the Review and Herald receive $12 per week; the President and Secretary $9 per week; the Editress of the Youth's Instructor $6 per week, and the Auditor $20 for his services during the past year. Eld. Joseph Bates presented the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we tender Bro. James White our sincere thanks for the faithful manner in which he has conducted the Review and Herald for the Association in the past. Adjourned, subject to the call of the Trustees.
JAMES WHITE, President,
E. S. WALKER, Secretary.