whether the condition of the finances of the club will warrant the necessary expenditure.

You are requested to report at the next regular meeting.

Yours truly,

George W. Gerald,

Secretary.

Write a notice of a reference to a committee of The Daily Doings Club, of some matter to be reported upon by the committee.

VI. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

The report of the finance committee of The High School Outing Club might be as follows:

Bangor, Me., June 12, 1899.

To the Outing Club of the

Bangor High School:

The Committee on Finance, to whom on the 5th day of the present month was referred the question of a proposed excursion to Moosehead Lake, with instructions to ascertain the probable cost of such an excursion, and to report whether the condition of the finances of the club will warrant this expenditure, respectfully report,

That they have given due attention to the matter referred to them, and find that a special car seating sixty persons, etc.

Respectfully submitted,

For the Committee,

Harold F. Frelinghuysen,

Chairman.

Copy and complete the foregoing report.

In case the several members of the committee are to sign the report, the form of closing would be:

A treasurer, for his own safety and that of the society for which he acts, should make frequent and detailed reports. Before these reports are presented to the society, they should be examined and approved by an auditor or an auditing committee appointed for this purpose. Using the following form as a guide, make out a treasurer's report for some society or club. Notice the certificate of the auditing committee.

TREASURER'S REPORT.

The undersigned, Treasurer of The Daily Doings Club, begs leave to submit the following report for the quarter ending Nov. 1, 1899:

The balance on hand at the commencement of the quarter was seven dollars and fifty cents. There have been received from all sources during the quarter fifteen dollars and thirty cents. During the same time the

expenses amounted to twelve dollars and seventy cents, leaving a balance on hand of ten dollars and ten cents. The annexed statement will show in detail the receipts and expenditures.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

1899.

Jerome Adams,

Treasurer The Daily Doings Club.

Jerome Adams, Treasurer, in acc't with The Daily Doings Club.

Aug. 1. To cash on hand at end
of previous quarter $7.50
Oct. 1. To membership [15] fees, 3.75
Oct. 13. To sale of papers . . 4.85

We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts and vouchers of the Treasurer and find them correct; and that the balance in his hands is ten dollars and ten cents [$10.10].

Phebe Randall, Į
Roger Staples, S

Auditing Com.

VIII. PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.

You are a member of a club whose treasurer has just resigned his office on account of his removal to another city. You desire to show him that you recognize the value of his services to the club, and regret his departure. At a meeting of the club, it will be proper for you to introduce the following preamble and resolutions :

Whereas, Our worthy and respected Treasurer, William F. Carrigan, has resigned his office in this club and

is about to remove to Boston to enter the service of the Old Colony Railroad Company, and whereas, his services to this club have been of special value to its interests; therefore, be it

Resolved, That we place on record our appreciation of the faithfulness, ability, and courtesy with which he has discharged his duties as treasurer of this club, and of that pleasant intercourse which has endeared him to his fellow-members.

Resolved, That we tender to Mr. Carrigan our best wishes for his success in the important position to which he has been called.

Resolved, That an engrossed copy of these resolutions be presented to Mr. Carrigan.

Copy these resolutions in the following form as they will appear when presented to Mr. Carrigan :

The use of a preamble to state the occasion for the resolutions that follow, or the reason for them, makes the resolutions more formal, but is not always essential.

Exercises.

You are a member of The Daily Doings Club. Write two resolutions in reference to the management of the club and the use of the periodicals for the coming year.

As secretary send these resolutions to the chairman of the library committee, stating by whom they were introduced, that they have been referred, etc.

The Natural History Society of your school has had an excursion, and has received favors and courtesies from several persons, and also from a society whose hospitality it enjoyed. Write a series of resolutions in acknowledg

ment.

As secretary write to one of the persons to whom a resolution of thanks has been voted, and send him a copy of the resolution.

The Natural History Society of your school has voted to ask the principal and the assistants in the first room to accompany the society as its guests upon its next excursion. Inform them of the action of the society.

As secretary of a Tailors' Early Closing Association, prepare a resolution relating to the time of closing the tailor shops of the city, and a notice of this action for the city papers.

Write a series of resolutions which you are to introduce at the next meeting of The Daily Doings Club in reference to some recent important political event.