504 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



H. P. Bowditcli presented a motion in regard to indepen- 

 dent nominations for the offices of the Academy, which was 

 referred to the Committee on the changes in the statutes. 

 On the recommendation of the Committee of Finance, it was 

 Voted, To make the following appropriations from the 

 income of the General Fund for the ensuing year : — 



For the library $1,200 



For general expenses 2,500 



For publications 1,800 



For the expenses of meetings . . . 200 



Voted, That the assessment for the ensuing year be five 

 dollars. 



Voted, That $1,000 from the Rumford Fund be placed at 

 the disposal of the Rumford Committee, to be expended in 

 aid of investigations on Light and Heat, payments to be 

 made on the order of the Chairman of the Committee. 



In accordance with the recommendation of the Committee 

 on the proposed alteration of the statutes, it was 



Voted, To amend Chapter V. of the Statutes by changing 

 the numbers of sections 4, 5, and 6 to 5, 6, and 7, respectively, 

 and inserting a new paragraph as follows : — 



" 4. The C. M, AVarren Committee, of seven Fellows, to be chosen 

 by ballot, who shall consider and report on all applications for appro- 

 priations from the income of the C. M. Warren Fund, and generally 

 see to the due and proper execution of this trust." 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Walter Gould Davis, of Cordova, to be an Associate Fellow 

 in Class 11., Section 1 (Geology, Mineralogy, and Physics of 

 the Globe), in place of the late William H. C. Bartlett. 



Hermann Eduard von Hoist, of Chicago, to be an Asso- 

 ciate Fellow in Class HI., Section 3 (Political Economy and 

 History). 



Ingram By water, of Oxford, to be a Foreign Honorary 

 Member in Class III., Section 2 (Philology and Archaeology), 

 in place of the late Benjamin Jowett. 



