tendance with facilities for prompt relief in case of accident or illness of members during the Congress.'"' It was moved and carried that the Treasurer-General be instructed to pay $50 to Mrs. C. A. Mann, Registrar-General, for postage on certificates of membership. Mrs. Clarke offered the following resolution: Whereas the need of a new national hymn was one of the subjects authorized by the Society for discussion in the meeting at Chicago on May 19, 1893, and papers were read there relating to it, and a resolution was passed requesting persons to compose a national hymn; and Whereas at the request of a Rhode Island Chapter, the poem for such a hymn was written by Miss Caroline Hazard, an author of known ability, and was given to this Society through the Magazine; and Whereas at the request of Mrs. E. H. Walworth, a National officer, the music was composed for these words by Mrs. Anne Adam Peets, a composer of well-known ability; and Whereas the composer gave the copyright to Mrs. Walworth, to be used for this Society, according to her judgment, if Mrs. Peets was relieved of all expense of all publication, and Mrs. Peets signed a paper agreeing that all profits accruing from the sale of the music should go to the Mrs. Harrison portrait fund until it was complete, and after that to be used for the purchase of books for the library of the National Society; therefore, Resolved, That the President-General is authorized to appoint a committee to encourage the use of this national hymu, and to report on its acceptability. The resolution was moved and carried. Mrs. Beale made the following motion : As I was the member who moved that the Board meet at 3.30 during the winter months, on account of the early hour at which it grows dark, and, as I find that two of our most important members are unable to be present before 4, I therefore move that the hour for the meeting of the Board be changed to 4. 15, which has been for two years the hour of meeting. Mrs. Hull offered an amendment that the hour of meeting be 4 o'clock. The amendment was accepted and the motion carried. Dr. McGee, at the request of the Board of Management of the Mary Washington Chapter, moved that Chapter Registrars be granted permission to examine application papers filed at headquarters. Motion carried. The following motion was made by Miss Dorsey: As one of those who voted most enthusiastically for Mrs. Keim's motion to admit all Daughters of the American Revolution to the meetings of the National Board, I move for a reconsideration of the same, for the reason that we have done an illegal thing, inasmuch as the said meetings are necessarily executive sessions, and we can not admit them to the same. No action taken. The Board then adjourned. April 17, 1894. Pursuant to call, the Board of Management met at 1416 F street, at 3.30 P. M. Present: Mrs. Beale, Mrs. Brackett, Mrs. Burnett, Mrs. Clarke, Miss Desha, Miss Dorsey, Mrs. Gannett, Mrs. Geer, Mrs. Keim, Mrs. Mann, Miss Miller, Dr. McGee, Mrs. Tullock, Miss Washington, and Miss Wilbur. The meeting was called to order by the Recording Secretary-General. In the absence of the President-General, Miss Miller was called to the Chair. The minutes of April 5 and 9 were read by the Recording Secretary-General and accepted, after correction. It was moved and carried that the regular business be suspended in order to take up the report of the Committee on Printing of the Constitution and By-laws. The report was accepted. This report contained various amendments to the By-laws, which have been accepted by the Board, and explanatory footnotes, to be published with the Constitution. Miss Desha offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the heads of the several Departments be requested to grant leave of absence May 10, 1894, to all Daughters of the American Revolution who desire to attend the ceremonies of the unveiling of the monument of Mary, the mother of Washington, at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Corresponding Secretary-General read a letter from J. E. Caldwell, of Philadelphia, asking if he could be authorized to sell the rosettes of the Society directly to members who had received the emblem, crediting the Society with the usual discount; it was moved and carried that he should not be granted this privilege, but that it be left in the hands of the Corresponding Secretary-General as directed in the By-laws. Mrs. Morgan, of Georgia, gave notice, through the Corresponding Secretary-General that she would offer at the next Congress the following amendment to Article IV, Section 2, of the Constitution: "The honorary offices of the Society shall be conferred only upon such members as have rendered valuable aid to the Society; the honorary State Regents shall be elected by ballot by a vote of the majority of the Chapter Regents and delegates from their respective States present at the annual meeting of the Continental Congress. The Registrars-General presented the names of 69 applicants as elegible to membership; which were accepted. The Vice-President-General in Charge of Organization stated that a new Chapter was formed at Bloomington, Illinois, called the Letitia Green Stevenson Chapter. It was brought to the notice of the Board that there exists a rule forbidding the naming of Chapters for living persons. The Colonial Chapter of Minneapolis presented the names of 10 persons as members of that Chapter. The State Regent of New York asked the sanction of the Vice-President-Generalin Charge of Organization, and also that of the Board, to form a new Chapter in New York City. The permission was granted. The State Regent of Connecticut presented the resignation of Mrs. T. S. Gold as Chapter Regent of West Cornwall, Connecticut, and nominated Mrs. Wm. Beardslee Rudd as her successor. The name of Mrs. Emily Starkweather Chase was accepted as Regent of the East Greenwich Chapter, Rhode Island. Mrs. Geer nominated Mrs. C. C. Snyder as Vice-PresidentGeneral. The Board then adjourned. May 3, 1894. Pursuant to call, the Board of Management met at 1416 F street at 4 P. M. Present: Mrs. Blount, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Brackett, Mrs. Bullock, Mrs. Burnett, Miss Blunt, of Maryland, Mrs. Clarke, Miss Desha, Miss Dorsey, Mrs. Gannett, Mrs. Geer, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Heth, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Keim, Mrs. Maddox, of California, Mrs. Mann, Dr. McGee, Mrs. Tullock, Miss Eugenia Washington, Miss Wilbur ; Mrs. Foot and Mrs. Johnson, members of the Advisory Board, were also present. In the absence of the President-General, Mrs. Hamilton was called to the Chair. Prayer was offered by the Chaplain-General. The Recording Secretary-General read the Minutes of April 17, which were accepted after correction. The Registrars-General presented the names of 140 applicants as eligible for membership to the National Society. All of whom were accepted. Mrs. Mann, Registrar-General, reported that she had issued 53 permits for badges. Mrs. Geer moved that the Printing Committee be authorized to print postal cards announcing the receipt of application papers, to be sent to each applicant as soon as her papers are received at National Headquarters. Motion carried. Mrs. Maddox moved that application papers not furnishing sufficient proof for verification should be returned for fuller data within a reasonable time after they are received. Motion carried. The Vice-President-General in Charge of Organization offered the following report: "Mrs. Clark, State Regent of New Hampshire, presents the name of Mrs. Annie B. Shepard for Chapter Regent of Londonderry. Mrs. Mildred F. Wallace having declined to act as State Regent of Washington, Mrs. Harriet P. Crabbe was appointed in her place. A new Chapter, named The Continentals,' has been formed in this city, Mrs. Frances F. Balliuger as Regent. 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