200 Fifth Avenue, New York, January 1, 1915. Mr. President and Fellow Members: Your Treasurer begs leave to submit the following report, which covers the period from January 1st, 1914, to December 31st, 1914: Total receipts for period, including balance of $120.84, from 1913 Total disbursements for period Leaving a balance on hand of The year's receipts were made up as follows: 1911 dues $410.73 360.57 $50.16 $1.00 Disbursements itemized, covering vouchers No. 86 to 104, inclusive, all of which are in the hands of Treasurer: No. 87. No. 86. J. Wallace Tower, expense account No. 88. $10.15 6.25 A. R. Lopez & Bro., letterheads and printing Photo. Print Co., 100 Genealogical Tree Prints No. 97. Rev. Francis E. Tower, 1914 reunion expense 4.45 4.50 26.25 5.16 27.05 9.48 51.35 3.20 expense 112.14 bills 15.30 No. 101. No. 98. A. R. Lopez & Bro., letterheads and printing 10.59 1.00 4.50 4.20 There is one (1) unpaid bill outstanding, which is a balance of $66.75 due E. L. Grimes & Co. for printing 600 copies of the 1913-14 Report. On December 31st, 1914, there were unpaid dues amounting to: During the period covered by this Report there have been six (6) applications for membership received, these being Nos. 370 to 375, inclusive. There have been three resignations and four deaths, the resigning members being Nos. 71, 73 and 210, and our deceased members being Nos. 51, 119, 343 and 361. Notices of death of two of our members in 1913 have been received since my report for that year was made; they being members Nos. 233 and 253. Your Treasurer would recommend that our annual meetings be held in January or February of each year, in order that our Reports may be gotten in early, and the campaign for the coming year outlined. He also believes that a Reunion should be held in the year 1916, without fail. Your Treasurer's books have been audited by Lucius W. Bartlett, Menber No. 74, and his certification follows: Windsor, Conn., September 10, 1915. "This is to certify that I have examined the books and accounts of receipts and disbursements of the Treasurer of the Tower Genealogical Society for the fiscal year from January 1st, 1914, to January 1st, 1915, and find the same to be correct. "That the cash on hand, January 1, 1915, was Fifty and 16/100 Dollars, and which sum was on deposit with the Millinocket Trust Co. of Millinocket, Maine. "LUCIUS WARREN BARTLETT, "Auditor for the Tower Genealogical Society." TREASURER'S SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT. 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, November 1, 1915. Mr. President and Fellow Members: As a supplementary report to that of January 1st, 1915, your Treasurer would briefly say that notices for dues for all of those in arrears were sent out shortly after January 1st, 1915, and dues have been paid as follows: There have been six applications for membership, being members Nos. 376 to 381, inclusive. Four of our members have died since January 1st, they being members Nos. 69, 189, 322 and 363; and three have resigned, being members Nos. 102, 133 and 256. The total receipts to November 1st, including the 1914 balance, are $249.87, with total expenditures from January 1st to November 1st, 1915, amounting to $175.25, leaving a balance in the treasury of $74.62. Your Treasurer begs leave to submit the following report, which covers the period from January 1, 1915, to December 31, 1915: Total receipts for period, including balance of $50.16 from 1914 $257.87 196.17 $61.70 $1.00 2.00 3.00 6.00 11.00 166.00 9.00 $198.00 $2.00 .71 7.00 50.16 $257.87 Disbursements itemized, covering vouchers Nos. 105 to 113, inclusive, all of which are in the hands of your Treasurer: No. 105. E. L. Grimes Co., balance on account of No. 109. No. 110. No. 108. E. L. Grimes Co., fifty extra copies of 1913-14 report Total $196.17 There is one (1) unpaid bill, outstanding, which is balance on note held by George Warren Tower on memorial fund account, balance being $216.00. During the period covered by this report there have been received seven applications for membership, these being Nos. 376 to 382, inclusive. There have been four resignations and four deaths, the resigning members being Nos. 102, 133, 198, 256, and our deceased members being Nos. 69, 189, 322 and 363. Your Treasurer has not had time to have his books audited, but will do so in the very near future. Respectfully submitted, James Hallace Tower Treasurer. TREASURER'S SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, June 20, 1916. Mr. President and Fellow Members: As a supplementary report to that of January 1, 1916, your Treasurer would briefly say that notices for dues for ali those in arrears were sent out shortly after January 1, 1916, and dues have been paid as follows: There have been three applications for membership received, being Nos. 383 to 385, inclusive. Notices of the death of three of our members have been received since January 1st, they being Nos. 294, 310 and 328. Two have resigned, being members Nos. 251 and 326. The total receipts to June 20th, including the 1915 balance, is $248.70, with total expenditures from January 1st to June 20th, 1916, of $22.00, leaving a balance in the treasury of $226.70. Respectfully submitted, James Hallose Tower AUDITOR'S REPORT Treasurer. Grand View Lodge, Poquonnock Avenue, Windsor, Connecticut, September 9, 1916. THIS IS TO CERTIFY that I have audited the accounts of the Tower Genealogical Society from January 1, 1915, to July 31, 1916, both dates inclusive, and found them correct. Balance of cash in the custody of the Treasurer, July 31, 1916, was $188.47, deposited as follows: In the savings bank fund In the bank for check accounts Total (SEAL) $161.58 26.89 $188.47 LUCIUS WARREN BARTLETT, Auditor. NOTE-The difference in amounts as given by the Treasurer in his report of June 20, 1916, and that of the Auditor's dated September 9, 1916, is due to bills having been paid during interim between the different dates. GENEALOGY, Held at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition By Major John Tower Morrison' of Berkeley, California To the Officers and Members of the Tower Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.: Greeting: This is the most difficult report that has ever fallen to my lot, and I am at a loss to know what to say, or how to say it. While I had no desire to evade my duty as a Delegate to the International Genealogical Congress, I did cherish a fond hope that the honor (duty) of making a report would fall to some one more worthy and better qualified for such a task. There are quite a number of people in and within easy reach of San Francisco, but although I made several calls for members of the Tower family during the seven sessions of the Congress, I received no response. So, you see, this is why I am trying to tell you in my feeble way something in advance of the published proceedings, which will appear in the October number of the Salt Lake Genealogical Magazine. This, as the name implies, is devoted to Genealogical Research and kindred interests, and should interest our people. There is very little that I can say about the Congress, or, rather, Federation. As you may well imagine, the proceedings were rather prosy, it being the first assemblage gathered in this particular interest. Everything had to be done from the foundation, or bottom up, as we had no president to guide us in our deliberations, and much time was taken up in discussing the various subjects, in order to arrive at best results. The meetings were very harmonious and, I believe, on the whole quite satisfactory. By resolution the name was changed from "Congress" to "Federation," under which name or title the next meeting will be called by a committee which was appointed to draft the Constitution, By-laws, and perform other preliminary work necessary to establish the organization on a firm and lasting basis. It is expected that all organized societies and many representatives of independent families in the United States and Canada, as well as some in foreign countries, will be interested in the establishment and maintenance of the Federation. All organized societies represented in the first Congress were declared members, and will be kept advised of all matters in the general interest as the work of the Committee progresses. It is the hope and expectation of all concerned that the Federation may be so firmly established as eventually to take on the character of a General Clearing House for all matters genealogical, especially in the United States, with correspondents throughout the civilized world, thus proving the wisdom of the plan. August 17, 1915. Respectfully submitted, JOHN TOWER MORRISON, Delegate. TESTIMONIAL At a Meeting of the EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE TOWER GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY held at the office of the Society on the nineteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, the following Testimonial was unanimously adopted: RESOLVED, That the sincere thanks of the Tower Genealogical Society, Incorporated. of Boston, Massachusetts, be extended to |