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Alethia Decem. 22nd 1826.

Society met according
to and some of the members excused with difficulty from
paying fine on account of tardy attendance, & B Billings
crossed for non-attendance. The 2 queries set for dis-
cussion to night affording considerable controversy; and
when a discussion was called for the first was given in
favor of the neg. by a single maj^r and the last by a
maj^r of all but one or two, in favour of the neg. also.
2 queries were then adduced for the next nights discussion.
Viz. 1st Is it or is it not right to have a penitentiary
in the State of Ten. A.S. Harris & John Mallard opening
debate. 2nd are or were Quadrupeds & feathered tribes of
the creation indowed with rational faculties in any sense
of the word. -- Scruggs & Pemberton O. Debates. The Society
then adjnd until Jan./3rd/1827. 5 O'clock evening

W. Steele Pr.
T. B. Secry.

Special call, to exhibit a statement of receipts and dis-
bursements &c. and feel himself solicitous for the good
accommodation of the Society at each Session by procuring
wood, water, light &c., or whatever other facilities he
may occasionly be directed to furnish after the funs [funds]
of the Society may be deemed capable of renumerating actual
expences --

Apl 6th. This Constitution shall be subject to revisal
and amendment two thirds of the members acquiescing therein