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adopted the laws presented to their discussion, divided into Classes and Sections 
for the consideration of matters of science, elected officers, and adjourned to a 
stated day, the 4th of January, and to Washington, the National Capital, with 
which they were henceforth to be connected in their membership of the National 
Academy of Sciences.” *4 
The organization for the year 1863 was as follows: 
President, ALEXANDER DALLAS BACHE. 
Vice-President, JAMES DwicHtT Dana. 
Foreign Secretary, Louts AGASSIZ. 
Home Secretary, Woucotr GIzss. 
Treasurer, FAIRMAN ROGERS. 
Crass OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS 
Chairman, BENJAMIN PEIRCE. 
Secretary, BENJAMIN A. GOULD. 
Crass oF NaTuRAL History 
Chairman, BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, SR. 
Secretary, J. S. NEWBERRY. 
Council: CHARLES HENRY Davis, JOHN Torrey, Lewis M. RuTHER- 
FURD, J. Prerer Lestry, and the officers and chairmen of classes 
ex officio. 
In addition to considering the constitution and by-laws and 
electing officers, the Academy at this first meeting appointed a 
committee on the form of a diploma, on a corporate seal, and 
on a stamp for books and other property, and also a committee 
on the mode of electing foreign associates. The latter committee 
did not report until January, 1864, and the former appears not 
to have presented any formal report. 
* Ann. Nat. Acad. Sci. for 1863-4 (1865), pp. 48, 49. 
