ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY.
1787 1912
The 125th Annual Meeting of “The Pennsylvania Prison Society” was held January 11th, 1912, at the office of the Society, S. W. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, the President, Joshua L. Baily, in the Chair.
Twenty-eight members of the Society were present.
The Minutes of the 124th Annual Meeting were read and approved.
The Report of the Acting Committee was read by the Secretary. The report was approved and was directed to be printed in the “Journal.” (See page 6)
The Treasurer, John Way, produced a detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1911. (See page 15)
George S. Wetherell, on behalf of the Committee on Nominations, presented a list of nominations for the officers of the Society for the term of one year, beginning February 1, 1912, and for the members of the Acting Committee whose terms expire at this time. The President appointed Jos. C. Noblit and William E. Tatum as Tellers. The election being duly conducted, the Tellers announced that a unanimous vote was cast for the ballot as proposed by the Nominating Committee. (See page 3.)
On Motion Hon. William N. Ashman was elected Honorary Counselor.
To nominate officers at the next Annual Meeting, the President appointed Joseph C. Noblit, A. Jackson Wright, Isaac P. Miller, Mrs. Mary S. Grigg and Mrs. Emma L. Thompson.
The following Amendment to Article VII of the Constitution, proposed at the last Annual Meeting, was read, and after some discussion, unanimously adopted.
“The number of Members of the Acting Committee may be increased to not exceeding sixty, provided the additional Members shall be residents of Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia.
“These Members may be elected from time to time at any meeting of the Acting Committee, according to the provisions of the By-Laws for filling vacancies, but the terms for which they are elected shall be for the unexpired portion of the current fiscal year only. These additional Members will be eligible for re-election at the next Annual Meeting, and their respective terms of service shall then be assigned so as to be co-ordinate with the terms of service of the other Members of the Committee.”
The President spoke in acknowledgment of the honor of his re-election to the Presidency of this Society, the oldest organization of the kind in the world. He congratulated the Society on the increased interest as manifested by the attendance at this meeting and by the larger amount of contributions received in 1911 for the work of the Society.
Albert H. Votaw, Secretary.