FIRST ANNUAL MEETING— DECEMBER, 1894. 



The first annual meeting of the Academy was held at Lansing, in the 

 Pioneer Room of the Capitol, December 2G and 27, 1894, President W. J. 

 Beal in the chair. The following items of business were transacted. 



Constitution and by-laws were adopted.* 



Sections were organized in zoology, botany, and sanitary science, as 

 follows: 



Section of Zoology — Vice President, Prof. J. E. Reighard, of Ann 

 Arbor; Prof. D. C. Worcester, of Ann Arbor, to act during the absence of 

 Prof. Eeighard in Europe. Three sub-sections were formed also. 



Section of Botany — Vice President, Prof. F. C. Newcombe, Ann 

 Arbor. 



Section of Sanitary Science — Vice President, Dr. Henry B. Baker, 

 Lansing. 



A resolution calling on the Legislature for improvement in the manner 

 of registering births and deaths, was referred to a committee, which 

 subsequently framed such a request and submitted it to the Legislature. 



A similar resolution recommending to the Legislature the preparation 

 of a good topographic map of the State, showing also the surface geology, 

 was referred to the council, and the matter afterward brought to the 

 attention of the proper legislative committees. 



A resolution was adopted urging the prompt passage of Bill 119, House 

 of Representatives, of the 53d Congress, 2d session, relating to the 

 protection of Forest Reservations. 



A resolution was adopted endorsing the scientific work of the Michigan 

 Fish Commission, and the council was instructed to prepare and present 

 to the Legislature a petition for an increased appropriation for the con- 

 tinuance of the biological examination of the waters of the State by the 

 commission. 



Provision was made for the preparation of a charter for the Academy, 

 under the general laws of the State. 



The treasurer's report showed the expenditure of $23.07 up to December 

 26, 1894. 



Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: 



President — Bryant Walker, Detroit. 



f Zoology— J. E. Reighard, Ann Arbor. 



Vice Presidents. <j Botany — F. C. Newcombe. Ann Arbor. 



[ Sanitary Science — Henry B. Baker, Lansing. 



*For copy of these, as adopted, see page this report. 



