550 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



Voted,, To amend the second section of Chapter IX. 

 of the Statutes by omitting the words, "and any Resident 

 Fellow who shall remove hit* domicil from the Common- 

 wealth shall be deemed to have abandoned his Fellowship." 



A recommendation to rearrange the sections in Class I. 

 was laid on the table until the next meeting. 



The Committee on Appropriations for Publications and for 

 the Library made a report, and, in accordance with a recom- 

 mendation contained therein, it was 



Voted, That the committee issue a circular to the Fellows 

 of the Academy, soliciting subscriptions to meet the expenses 

 of publication. 



Voted, To discontinue the purchase of books for the library 

 excepting such as shall be approved by a vote of the Com- 

 mittee on the Library. 



On the motion of the Corresponding Secretary, it was 



Voted, To meet on adjournment on the second Wednesday 

 in April. 



Charles L. Jackson tendered his resignation from the Com- 

 mittee on Appropriations for Publications and for the Library, 

 which was accepted, and the chair appointed Henry W. 

 Haynes member and chairman of the committee. 



Henry W. Haynes read a report of the committee ap- 

 pointed to consider the advisability of appropriating a por- 

 tion of the income of the Rumford Fund toward defraying 

 the expenses of the Library. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Sir Henry Bessemer, of London, to be a Foreign Hon- 

 orary Member in Class I., Section 4 (Technology and En- 

 gineering), in place of the late Ferdinand M. de Lesseps. 



Sven Lov^n, of Stockholm, to be a Foreign Honorary 

 Member in Class II., Section 3 (Zoology and Physiology), in 

 place of the late Pierre J. Van Beneden. 



Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart., of Oxford, to be a Foreign 

 Honorary Member in Class III., Section 1 (Philosophy and 

 Jurisprudence), in place of the late Sir James F. Stephen. 



W. R. Livermore gave an informal talk on the political 



