This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...upon a freer basis, --I think the act passed before was so circumscribed as to the use-of the money that it would be pretty hard for the Treasurer to spend it except along certain lines. It certainly could not be expended for the payment of expenses of committees or in any manner be used for salaries or the payment of expenses of the Federation. Mr. Montgomery: I do not think there is any objection to that except that we have made the statement to the Legislature, Mr. President, that the amount was needed by us for the publishing of bibliographies and things of that nature, and we said that there were no paid officials connected with the Federation, so that I have always felt that it was not the right thing to do anything in the way of compensation out of this fund, although traveling expenses might fairly be ineluded. Mr. Nead: I think the very terms of the act itself forbids us to do that. Do I understand, then, Mr. President, from the report of the Committee on Preserving Manuscript Records that Bills of the nature suggested have been prepared. The President: They have been prepared. Mr. Nead: For introduction? The President: For introduction, but have not yet been introduced? Mr. Nead: I should say our Committee on Legislation would be very glad indeed, and we feel it would be part of its functions, to aid in the passage of legislation or of meritorious bills as suggested in that report. That is a highly interesting report to me, a highly important one to me. It It seems to me the recommendations made in regard to legislation should be helped in every possible way, and I feel if it is not intended that we shall ask the Legislature for an appropriation this year that our committee can be very well engaged in aiding in every possible way..

Excerpt from Sixth Annual Meeting: Acts and Proceedings of the Synod of the Potomac of the Reformed Church in the United States, in General Convention; Hagerstown, MD., October, 1878 The Standing Committee on Examination, Licensure, and Ordina tion offered the following report, at Monday Evening's Session, which was received and adopted, viz. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.