OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 397 



For the library . $1,500 



For publications 2,500 



For the expenses of meetings . . . 200 



On the motion of the Treasurer, it was 



Voted, That the assessment for the ensuing year be five 

 dollars. 



The Committee on the proposed alteration of the Statutes 

 presented a report, and it was 



Voted, To amend the first section of Chapter VIII. of the 

 Statutes by striking out the words, " to be held in the Hall of 

 the Academy, in Boston." The section, as amended, reads 

 as follows : — 



" 1. There shall be annually four stated meetings of the Academy ; 

 namely, on the second Wednesday in May (the Annual Meeting), on 

 the second Wednesday in October, on the second Wednesday in Jan- 

 uary, and on the second Wednesday in March. At these meetings 

 only, or at meetings adjourned from these and regularly notified, shall 

 appropriations of money be made, or alterations of the statutes or 

 standing votes of the Academy be effected." 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Sylvester Rosa Koehler, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow 

 in Class III., Section 4. 



Frederick Remsen Hutton, of New York, to be an Associate 

 Fellow in Class I., Section 4, in place of the late William P. 

 Trowbridge. 



Grove Karl Gilbert, of Washington, to be an Associate 

 Fellow in Class II., Section 1, in place of the late John S. 

 Newberry. 



Friedrich August Kekule*, of Bonn, to be a Foreign Hon- 

 orary Member in Class I., Section 3, in place of the late 

 August W. von Hofmann 



Maurice Le'vy, of Paris, to be a Foreign Honorary Mem- 

 ber in Class I., Section 4, in place of the late Marquis de 

 Caligny. 



