ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUS-
TEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEO-
LOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO,
SATURDAY, May 4, 1929.
Present: Messrs. W. O. Thompson, Arthur
C. Johnson,
George Florence, George F. Bareis, E. F.
Wood, Claude Meeker,
F. C. Furniss, Mrs. Orson D. Dryer, and
Trustee Emeritus B.
F. Prince.
Secretary Galbreath and Director
Shetrone were also present.
President Johnson: What is the pleasure
of the
Board in the matter of the election of
officers?
Doctor W. O. Thompson: "I move
that the Secre-
tary be instructed to cast the ballot
of the Board for the
existing officers as their own
successors.
Mr. Meeker seconded the motion, which
was unani-
mously carried.
The Secretary cast the ballot of the
Board for the
present officers, who were declared
duly elected as their
own successors.
Mr. Wood: I wish to nominate all
members of the
present staff employed by the Society
in its various divi-
sions, at the salaries that have been
designated by the
General Assembly of the state, with one
change which I
wish to explain to the Board. For a
great many years
the Board has paid the present
Treasurer an annual
salary. We have just put into effect-we
have been
coming to it gradually, but it has just
been put into com-
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plete effect-a centralization; a
completion, I will say, of
an organization, and the entire work
and direction is
now under the Director. The books of
the Society are
now being kept up here, and vouchers on
the State Au-
ditor are prepared here instead of in
the office of the
Treasurer as in the past twenty-five or
thirty years.
President Johnson: You approve the
change?
Mr. Wood: I believe I made the
suggestion origin-
ally. The plan went into effect May
1st, and the com-
pensation heretofore paid to the
Treasurer is now paid
to a member of the staff doing that
work. I would like
to nominate Mr. Oscar F. Miller-who has
heretofore
been bookkeeper-as Assistant Treasurer,
and all of the
other members of the staff heretofore
employed or at
present employed.
President Johnson explained that Mr.
Lindley, al-
ready designated for employment, is
included in the list
of employes under the motion.
Mr. Meeker seconded the motion, which
was unan-
imously carried.
Doctor Thompson mentioned the proposed
memorial
to Doctor William C. Mills, and the
question of coopera-
tion with the Cleveland Society
referred to in the Presi-
dent's address in the meeting of the
Society, and asked
whether motions were in order. President Johnson
stated that it was his intention to
refer the questions to
the staff of the Society, with
instructions to prepare a
report to be submitted at a future
meeting of the Board.
On motion, duly seconded, the meeting
adjourned.