408 PROCEEDINGS OP THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



of Hygiene and Demography, and from the Tenth Inter- 

 national Congress of Orientalists, inviting the Academy to 

 take part in the work of those Congresses. 



On the motion of C. S. Minot, it was 



Voted, That the President be authorized to appoint dele- 

 gates to either or both of these Congresses. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Francis Mathews Green, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow 

 in Class I., Section 2. 



Wallace Clement Sabine, of Cambridge, to be a Resident 

 Fellow in Class I., Section 3. 



John Donnell Smith, of Baltimore, to be an Associate 

 Fellow in Class II., Section 2, in place of the late George 

 Vasey. 



The chairman of the C. M. Warren Committee presented a 

 report, and, in accordance with a recommendation contained 

 therein, it was 



Voted, To appropriate from the income of the C. M. War- 

 ren Fund the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) to aid 

 Charles F. Mabery, of Cleveland, Ohio, in making a sys- 

 tematic study of the petroleums of Ohio and Canada, with 

 especial reference to the separation of the individual hydro- 

 carbons therein contained. 



On the motion of S. H. Scudder, it was 



Voted, To take from the table the report of the Committee 

 on Methods of Electing Officers. 



A protracted discussion ensued, in which W. R. Livermore, 

 A. Lowell, F. H. Storer, C. R. Cross, S. C. Chandler, C. S. 

 Minot, H. W. Williams, S. H. Scudder, A. Hyatt, and G. 

 Hay took part. 



On the motion of A. Lowell, it was 



Voted, That it be the duty of the Council annually to 

 prepare a list of candidates for the offices of President, Vice- 

 President, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, 

 Treasurer, Librarian, Councillors, and members of the Stand- 

 ing Committees, and to cause this list to be sent by mail to 

 all the Resident Fellows of the Academy three weeks before 



