founding such a society and soliciting support in its behalf. Both documents were accepted and five hundred copies of each ordered printed for distribution. Those present agreed to pay an annual membership fee of $1.00 and then elected a board of trustees which, in turn, chose Roots, President; Clark, Secretary; Olmstead, Treasurer.
The Constitution of thirteen articles bore a striking resemblance to one for a Massachusetts society of a similar nature, the preamble and