Immediately after the adjournment of the annual meeting, the 

 Directors for the ensuing year were called to order, and the fol- 

 lowing officers were elected, viz.: 



William A. Spalding President 



Anstruther Davidson First Vice-President 



John D. Hooker Second Vice-President 



Samuel J. Keese Treasurer 



Holdridge O. Collins Secretary 



E. M. Bennett, of Minneapolis, Minn., was elected a life member, 

 and Arthur L. Kelsey, Edward W. Coit, Mrs. James Sterling and Charles 

 E. Warner, all of Los Angeles, were elected active members. 

 Board adjourned. 



COMMITTES FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911. 



On May 5th, President Spalding appointed the following com- 

 mittees for 'the year 1910-1911: 



Program. 

 Watts, Parsons, Ulrey. 



Finance. 

 Keese, Baumgardt, Benton 



Publication. 

 Collins, Davidson, Hooker. 



JUNE. 



A meeting of the Directors was held on Monday, June 6, 1910. 

 Present: Keese, Spalding, Parsons. Ulrey, Watts and Collins. 



It was ordered that the time for holding the regular monthly 

 meetings of the Academy shall be the first Friday, instead of the first 

 Monday of the month, as heretofore. 



Mr. Edwin C. Opperman, of 1806 Arlington Street, was employed 

 to collect dues from members who are in arrears for two years or 

 more, and to canvass the city for new members, his compensation to 

 be fifty per centum of all amounts collected through his efforts. 



Mr. Robert Le Roy Beardsley, of 2515 West Twenty-first Street, 

 was elected a member of the Academy. 



Professor P. Giovanni Hagen, S. J., Director of the Vatican 

 Observatory at Rome, was elected an honorary member. 



It was ordered that the appropriation of $500.00 by the County 

 Supervisors be devoted exclusively to the cleaning and mounting of 

 the fossils from Rancho La Brea. 



Board adjourned. 



At a meeting of the Geological Section held on June 6, 1910, 

 William L. Watts was elected Chairman and George W. Parsons 

 Secretary. 



The regular meeting of the Academy was held in Symphony Hall 

 on June 6, 1910. 



The President gave a general outline of the last year's work, 

 and a description of the County Historical Museum and Art Gallery, 

 now in process of construction at Agricultural Park, and the quarters 

 therein which will be the home of this Academy. 



Annual reports were presented by the Chairman of the Astronom- 

 ic;! 1, Geological, Biological and Zoological Sections. 



The amendment to Article X of the By-Laws, proposed at the 

 May meeting was unanimously adopted. 



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