146 [January, 1842. 



The Society then by an unanimous vote, conferred a Life 

 Membership on Mrs. L. W. Say, elected a member October 

 26th, 1S41. 



On motion, the Committee on the Proceedings of the So- 

 ciety was instructed to republish 250 copies of No. 1. 



The Society then proceeded, in conformity with a provision 

 of the By-laws, to elect Standing Committees on the different 

 branches of Science, and a Library committee for the present 

 year ; whereupon the tellers reported the following result : 



MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY. 



J 



J. Price Wetherill, T. A. Conrad, 



S. G. Morton, M. D. A. D. Chaloner, M. D. 

 William S. Vaux, Joseph A. Clay, 



W. R. Johnson. 



ZOOLOGY. 



S. G. Morton, M. D. Edward Hallowell, M. D. 

 William S. Vaux, Robert Pearsall, 



John S. Phillips, Edward Harris, 



George C. Leib, M. D. 



BOTANY. 



James Read, Robert Bridges, M. D. 



W. S. Zantzinger,M. D. Gavin Watson, M. D. 

 John Simmons. 



PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 



Edmund Draper, P. B. Goddard, M. D 



Isaiah Lukens, W. R. Johnson, 



John S. Phillips. 



LIBRARY. 



S. G. Morton, M. D. Henry F. Leib, M. D. 

 R. Bridges, M. D. J. S. Phillips, 



Joseph Carson, M. D. 



