used and only given when necessary, and in amounts specifically stated when the specimens are obtained, and then only upon a fair and honest valuation; no extravagant or fictitious values to be considered.

There being no further business, the Board adjourned.

A. A. GRAHAM, Secretary.

MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.

There was no eighth annual meeting of the Society held in 1893, as there should have been in February of that year. The purpose had been to hold this annual meeting and election of officers at Chicago, but when that was subsequently attempted, the question arose as to the legality of the Society holding such a meeting without the State of Ohio, and no meeting was held. The Trustees held over, pending the election of the successors of those whose time expired at this meeting. The Trustees, however, held a meeting in the State Library, Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, February 23, 1893, at 2:30 P. M. The following is a verbatim copy of the minutes of that meeting:

THURSDAY, February 23, 1893, 2:30 P. M.

Present, Messrs. Brinkerhoff, Moore, Follett, McIntyre, Bareis, Gilmore, Rickly, Williams, Hills, Thompson, Robeson and Lockwood. First Vice President Brinkerhoff in the chair.

Thomas B. Van Horne, Superintendent Fort Ancient Park, presented his report, accompanied by maps and diagrams, on which he explained the work done the last year, and his plans for the coming year. After a full discussion of the plans and his suggestions, they were approved and the thanks of the Board were extended to him for his work and his interest.

The Secretary of the Society, Mr. Graham, read the draft of a letter sent to the World's Fair Board of the State, relative to differences of opinion as to the expenditure of the fund for

the Ohio exhibit of archæology and history.* Mr. Alberson, Secretary of the Board, and Mr. Bonham, Chairman of the Executive Committee, were invited to be present and with the Board discuss the matter; their claim being that officials of this Society, who are State officials, could not be paid for services in this work. After discussion, in which they explained their position, the matter was referred to the Executive Committee with power to act.

The question of the improvements in Fort Ancient Park was again discussed. Mr. Van Horne, explaining his plans more in detail, which so far as the funds of the Society for this purpose would admit, were agreed to and approved.

The secretaries were instructed to prepare a statement as to what would be needed to complete the exhibit at the World's Fair in a creditable manner, and present the same to the State Board.

The Secretary made a statement of the general work of the Society and of its work in the World's Fair, and at his suggestion Mr. Thompson was elected Assistant Secretary with the same powers of the Secretary. The salary for this office to be divided between the Secretary and Assistant Secretary as they may agree.

The Secretary asked for a decision as to the number of Trustees necessary to constitute a quorum. After discussion, the Board decided that one-third of the entire number, seven members, should constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

The election of a President of the Board, who by the laws of the Society should also be its President, was now considered. A lengthy discussion followed. The election of the Governor of the State was advocated by some of the members. An expression was manifested that some one who showed his interest by his labors in behalf of the Society should be chosen. The

By mutual agreement it had been arranged that the Board of Trustees of the Society and the World's Fair Board of the State should cooperate in the Ohio State exhibit at Chicago. The Fair Board delegated to the Society the management of the Ohio exhibit of Archæology and History the Fair Board to defray the expense of the same.

rules require that the office must be filled by a member of the Board of Trustees. After careful consideration, Mr. Brinkerhoff, one of the charter members of the Society, a member of the Board since its organization, and its First Vice President, was, in recognition of his fidelity to its interests, under suspension of the rules, upon the nomination of Mr. Gilmore, unanimously elected President.

The question of the annual meeting of the Society was then considered. It was the opinion of each member that the annual meeting should be regularly held each year as required by the laws of the society. The preference being that such meetings should be held in the winter as heretofore, subject to the order of the Executive Committee. The Secretary reported that at the last annual meeting a resolution was passed fixing the meeting for 1893 at the World's Fair, upon such date as the Executive Committee should designate. It was decided to rescind their action as relating to the annual meeting, and to refer the matter of a meeting at Chicago-should it be found expedient to hold one at the World's Fair-to the Executive Committee.

Mr. Robeson presented the Centennial of the Treaty of Peace, made August 4, 1795, by General Anthony Wayne with the Indian nations northwest of the Ohio River on the site of the town of Greenville, Ohio. He stated that the citizens of this town, his residence, were desirous that the event be suitably observed and requested the aid and co-operation of the Society. The Secretary stated that a resolution relative to this centennial, prepared by himself, at the request of the Representative from Darke county, was now before the Legislature. The matter was considered and the active aid and interest of the Society assured.

On account of sickness and the condition of his health, the Secretary was granted indefinite leave of absence.

The Secretary stated that a proposition had been made to furnish a model of Campus Martius, the fortified home of the first settlers in Ohio, built at Marietta in 1788, for the sum of $40. Upon his suggestion, Mr. Follett explained the matter more fully, and was, after consideration, authorized to have the model made at a cost not exceeding the above amount.

There being no further special business presented, the Board considered matters in general, and upon motion adjourned. A. A. GRAHAM, Secretary.

In order to keep clear the course of the official proceedings of the Society, which were not completely recorded, it is here to be noted that at this annual (eighth) meeting of the Trustees the terms of office of seven Trustees expired (February 23, 1893), viz.:

Elected by the Society February (1890):

As the Society held no annual meeting there was no election of Trustees to succeed the above five first named and they therefore held over pending the election of their successors by the Society. The Governor, however, made the usual appointment of two Trustees, viz.: E. O. Randall, Columbus, and Josiah Hartzell, Canton, to succeed the retiring Trustees, Messrs. Read and Lockwood. Messrs. Randall and Hartzell were appointed to serve for three years, viz., from February 19, 1893, to February 19, 1896. On February 28, 1894, Mr. Hartzell resigned and Mr. A. H. Smythe, Columbus, was appointed by the Governor to fill out the unexpired term.

NINTH ANNUAL REPORT *

OF THE

Ohio State Archæological and Historical

SOCIETY

TO THE GOVERNOR.

From February 19, 1893, to February 19, 1894.

To the HON. WILLIAM MCKINLEY, Governor of Ohio:

SIR-The eighth annual report of this Society was a resume of the work to that time, chiefly along lines connected with the department of American Archæology and History at the World's Fair.

Since the date of that report our labors have been principally directed toward completing in the best manner possible an exhibit for the Fair which should in all respects prove a credit to our State.

It first had been the intention to give this department a place in the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts building; but this structure, despite its enormous size, was found to be no more than adequate for the exhibits in the departments of Manufac

* Mr. Graham, the Secretary, before yielding the duties of his office and leaving for the West, prepared a very complete and interesting report of the participation of the Ohio Archæological and Historical Society in the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. This report gave a full list of the articles exhibited by the Society and their donors or loaners; a full report of the proceedings on Ohio Day, September 14, when the monument of "Ohio's Jewels" was unveiled on the grounds of the Exposition. This report, some seventy-five pages in length, was too extended to be published by the State for general distribution with the State reports of the other departments. Only a brief synopsis was therefore printed officially by the State. That synopsis is herewith reprinted. The full report of Mr. Graham, with some additional matter pertinent thereto, was published by the Society and distributed to the members in August 1894.

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