Meeting of Directors held Thursday April 13th 1899 Present B. Kelly Esq. (in the chair) Messrs Bainbridge, Baxter, Brooks, Crawshaw, Cuff, Davies, Keates & Taylor. Minutes of two meetings read & confirmed. Directors in charge of Gate - Messrs Baxter, Brooks & Keates. Team v Villa Muir, Eccles or Turner, Molyneux, Wolstenholme, Boyle, Taylor, Schofield, Proudfoot, Oldham, Chadwick, Gee. Team v South L'pool Lewis, Turner, Crelly, Hughes, Stringfellow, Telford, Fryer, Roache, Crompton, Barlow, Howard. Players engagements Toman - Burnley £300 wages £4.10.0 per week £10 bonus. confirmed Little - Bury £400 " 5.0.0 " " £10 bonus. Gordon £2. and 10/- extra per week for expenses: & bonus £10. Kitchen £4.10.0 per week all the Year Elliott £2.0.0 " " " " ". Chairman's resignation Resolved we accept the resignation with regret. Motion re Policy Mr. Cuff gave notice of motion to determine at next as to teams for 1899-1900 Meeting Policy to be adopted as to class of teams for next Season. Players not to be Resolved be the following Players be not re-engaged, & that retained but put they be put on transfer list with Messrs Kelly & Crawshaw & on transfer the Sec. empowered to deal with transfers the minimum amounts to be as herein stated. Stringfellow £50.0.0 Barlow 30.0.0 Turner £50.0.0 Schofield 50.0.0 Bell £100.0.0 Owen 50.0.0 Harley £30.0.0 Hughes 50.0.0 Clark £40.0.0 Ball 25.0.0 Bright £20.0.0 Lewis 10.0.0 Accounts Ferguson £10.0.0 Harley £3.3.9. Gardner Resolved Messrs Baxter & Cuff see him play on Saturday & if suitable be empowered to offer Leith £200 & wages on best terms. Transfer of Shares 3 from D. W. Winstanley to W. Thompson 127/129 Signed April 20th 1899 B. Kelly Chairman