ermit our Secretary to hire a
stenographer to do the extra amount of work that is gradually
accumulating in that office. The resolution that is referred to you
calls for a payment of 50 cents per member to the Secretary for this
purpose.... We have no right to be set up so that the work of the
Association would encroach upon a person's job as it is set up at the
present time. That recommendation was that it was contingent, of course,
upon raising the dues to $3.00 and take 50 cents of that to offset the
stenographic help and try to re-organize our affairs between the
Secretary and Treasurer so that as much as possible of the routine
mailing, and routine stenographic work would be carried in this way.

(Discussion on the above recommendation.)

Mr. Weber: I move that the additional remuneration be granted, 50 cents
per member, to the Secretary.

Mr. Smith: I will second the motion.

Mr. Fisher: I'd like to make an amendment to that, that the dues be
raised to $3.00 in order to make this possible.

Mr. Weber: I will accept the amendment.

Mr Smith: And I will second the motion contingent, of course, to the
raising of the dues.

(Vote taken, motion carried unanimously.)

President Davidson: We will appoint a Resolutions Committee.

+Resolutions Committee+

Sterling Smith, H. L. Crane, Raymond E. Silvis, H. F. Stoke.

President Davidson: I think so far as I know that's everything except
the report of the Committee on the Constitution. Unless I hear otherwise
we will proceed with that report.

(Discussion on Constitution.)

(Constitution and by-laws approved as set out in another part of this
report, the Constitution having first been read at 1947 meeting)

President Davidson: As I understand it, then, this constitution, unless
we make some other provision, is in effect as of now.

Mr. Weber: Now with these by-laws in effect there will have to be a
fresh nominating committee elected for the next year.

Mr. Smith: Mr. President, I make a motion, if it's in order, that the
Nominating Committee as elected previously for this meeting also
continue and serve for next year.

Mr. Clarke: Second the motion.

(Vote taken, motion carried unanimously.)

President Davidson: There is one other matter that was brought up at the
directors' meeting, and inasmuch as the directors did not have a quorum,
it should be voted through here, I think, and that is that a motion is
in order to pay Mrs. Gibbs $25 for her servi