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6. That the thanks of this Society be given to the officers of the 

 following railroad < ompanies. for the liberality extended to us : 



The Chicago, Burlington & Qninry, Illinois Central, Chicago & 

 Alton, Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis, Burlington, Cedar Rapids & 

 Minnesota, St. Louis i^ South-Eastern, Hannibal i\: St. Joseph, Toledo, 

 Peoria & Warsaw, Toledo, Wabash & Western, St. Louis, Keokuk & 

 North-Western, Quincy, Alton & St. Louis, Indianapolis, Bloomington 

 & Western. 



Also to the proprietors of Tremont, Quincy, /Etna, and Occidental 

 hotels, for reduced rates and excellent entertainment during our session. 



Also to the press of Quincy. for reporting our proceedings. 



[Signed] J. W. COCHRAN,) Co„unitfee 



J. S. JOHNSON, S committee. 



The resolutions were adopted. 



FINAL ADJDURNMENT. 



The President thanked the Society for the kind consideration and 

 courtesy extended to him in the discharge of his duties. He had, he 

 said, performed them to the best of his ability. He hoped that we might 

 all meet again, a year hence, at Galesburg. 



The Society then adjourned, to meet in the city of Galesburg at ten 

 o'clock on the second Tuesday in December, 1876. 



