144 proceedings of the paleoktological society 



Session of Tuesday, December 29 



President Henry Fairfield Osboru called the general session of the 

 Society to order at 2 o'clock, December 29, in the library of the Phila- 

 delphia Academy of Sciences. After some introductory remarks by the 

 President, the business session of the Society was opened with the read- 

 ing of the report of tlie Council by the Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



To the PaJconfoJngiral Society in Sixth Annual Meeting assemhhrl: 



The first meeting of this year's Council was held at Princeton, New 

 Jersey, January 1, 1914, immediately following the adjournment of the 

 Society on that day. Pontine business, such as the suggestion of a ticket 

 for the following year and the consideration of new nominations for mem- 

 bership, was considered then ; but since this meeting all business of the 

 Society has been arranged by correspondence. A resume of administra- 

 tion for the Society's sixth year is presented in the following reports of 

 officers. 



Secretary's Report 



To the Council of the Paleontological Society: 



Meetings. — The proceedings of the fifth annual meeting of the Society, 

 held at Princeton, New Jersey, December 31, 1913, and JaniiaiT 1; 1914, 

 have been published in volume 25, pages 127-156, of the Bulletin of the 

 (xeological Society of America and distributed to the members in March, 

 1 914. Besides this publication, the scientific papers of the Society printed 

 and distributed during the year occupy all of number 3 of volume 25, 

 Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, consisting of twelve 

 articles, totaling 170 pages. 



The Council's proposed nomination for officers and announcement that 

 the sixth annual meeting of tlie Society would occur at Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania, at the invitation of the local members, were forwarded to 

 the members on March 10, 1914. 



Membership. — During the year the Society has lost by death two of 

 its members — Dr. Theodore M. Gill, of the Smithsonian Institution, who, 

 although interested in paleontology, was best known for his researches on 

 recent animals, particularly fish, and Dr. J. C. Hawver, educator and 

 scientist, of Auburn, California, whose name will always be associated 

 with the celebrated Hawvor Cave of El Dorado County, California. 



One resignation has occurred during the year and two members have 

 been dropped for non-payment of dues. The 11 candidates elected at 



