5 Jul 1916: AOH Division No. 1 minutes: $1 assessment 'to defray the expences of Jas J. Murphy as delegate to the National convention'

# IMG_7532 - **Type:** handwritten minutes - **Book page number(s) visible:** 184 (left page, full), 185 (right page — top 8 lines used, rest blank) - **Meeting date(s):** 5 July 1916 - **Place / body:** CentervilleButte: companies, unions & placesCentervilleThe hillside neighbourhood between uptown Butte and Walkerville, built among the mine yards and home to many Irish and Cornish mining families.More in Key terms →, Mont. — Hibernia HallIrish societiesHibernia HallThe meeting hall of Butte’s Hibernians and a venue for other Irish societies; meeting notices name it again and again.More in Key terms → — AOHIrish societiesAncient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.More in Key terms → Division No. 1 - **Officers signing:** Dan Leahy, Pres.; Tim D. Kelly, Rec. Sec. - **Murphy mentions:** - "Jas J. Murphy" — "Moved and seconded that an assessment of $1 be levied on the membership to defray the expences of Jas J. Murphy as delegate to the National convention" - **Other key names present:** **T. J. McCarthy** ("Brother T. J. McCarty spoke at some length" under Good and Welfare). Also J. J. Crowley (resignation as President reconsidered), Dan Leahy (elected President by acclamation), Walter Sewell (elected Vice President by acclamation), Maurice McDonogh of Div. No. 3 (asked assistance for the A.O.H. Band), Patk McGee, Barney McKenna. No Lynch, no Gallagher, no O'Meara, no Gribben. - **Topics:** national convention delegate ($1 assessment for Jas J. Murphy's expenses), election of officers / presidency, Mount St. Charles College scholarship ($66.23[?]), county board minutes, per capita tax notice, bills (Hennessy Co.Butte: companies, unions & placesHennessy’sfounded 1886The D. J. Hennessy Mercantile Company, Butte’s leading department store. Its 1898 building at Granite and Main also housed the Anaconda company’s offices on the top floor.More in Key terms → $1.50 for flags; Wm Inch and Son $6 for carnations), sick committee, quarterly financial report (gain of 37 members; $2,138 in treasury), A.O.H. Band ## Transcription ### Left page — 184 184 Centerville Mont July 5th '1916 At a regular meeting of Division No 1 A.O.H. held in Hibernia Hall on above date the president in the chair the following business was transacted Meeting called to order at 8.15 P.M. Minutes read + approved Roll call of officers showed five officers present Proposition for membership None Balloting for candidate None Initiation of candidates. Patk McGee of 26 West B'dway was initiated and instructed in the work of the order Communications and correspondence. Minutes of County Board meeting held in Div No 3 Hall on June 24th read moved and seconded that minutes be placed on file Bills and claims. A Bill was read from Hennessy Co for $1.50 for flags A Bill from Wm Inch and son. for carnations. amounting to $6. A notice was received from the state secretary notifying the brothers of the per capita tax being due Moved and seconded that the foregoing bills be allowed. and a bill sent to Div 3 for half amount Report of committee on sick. Sick committee reported Barneys McKenna condition being same Unfinished business. Moved and seconded that we pay our portion of Scholarship to Mount St Charles College amounting to $66.23. Moved and seconded that an assessment of $1 be levied on the membership to defray the expences of Jas J. Murphy as delegate to the National convention New Business. The treasurers quarterly report was read and turned over to auditing committee The resignation of Pres J. J. Crowley was reconsidered. and on motion after some consideration Dan Leahy was elected to the presidency by acclamation. and brother Walter Sewell was elected to the vice presidency by acclamation Reading chapter of Irish History. Dispensed with Good and welfare. Brother T. J. McCarty spoke at some length. Maurice McDonogh of Div No 3 also spoke and asked for the A.O.H. Band some assistance in a financial way if possible from this Division ### Right page — 185 185 New Business. The financial secretary report was read [and] for quarter ending June 30th and showed a gain in membership of thirty seven members and an increase in the treasury of $2138 and on motion was turned over to auditing committee Receipts of the meeting $13 Disbursements $249.17 Dan Leahy Pres Tim D Kelly Rec Sec (Remainder of page 185 is blank.) ## Passages re-read from the image (Opus, 26 Sept 2026) From the dossier register, `research/docs/jjm-dossier-2026-09-26/register/`. These readings, not the whole-page text above, are the ones to quote. - **div1_1916-07-05_minutes_p184_national-convention-delegate** (confirmed; div1-b.yaml): Jas J. Murphy as delegate to the National convention > Moved and seconded that an assessment of $1 be levied on the membership to defray the expences of Jas J. Murphy as delegate to the National convention