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balance of the late Wm, Macl lire's subscription to the Aca- 

 demy, amounting to $6000, had been received from his brother 

 and executor, Alexander Maclure, and that the same had 

 been appropriated to the payment of various claims on the 

 Institution, the details of which were given. 



Whereupon the following resolutions, offered by Prof. John- 

 son, were unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the Academy has received with lively 

 satisfaction the announcement this evening made by the 

 Treasurer, of the receipt of $6000, on account of the second 

 subscription of $10,000 by our late President, William Ma- 

 clure, Esq., deceased, towards the erection of the new Hall; 

 and of its application to the final extinguishment of claims 

 on account of the building, and to an important reduction in 

 the obligations for the purchase of the ground now the pro- 

 perty of the Institution. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Academy are due to 

 Alexander and Anna Maclure, executors of the will of their 

 late brother William Maclure, for their praiseworthy efforts in 

 carrying out the designs of the deceased, in advancing the 

 interests and prosperity of this Institution, and thereby pro- 

 moting the cause of Science, to which so much of his liberal- 

 ity, and so large a portion of his life, were devoted. 



On motion of Mr. Clay, Resolved, that a copy of the fore- 

 going resolutions be transmitted to Alexander Maclure, Esq. 



