.").;<; PROCEEDINGS OF NEW fOBE MEETING. 



The expenses of administration will probably be aboul the 8ame as in 1889 ; 

 the Bulletin will average, with cost of covers and of distribution, somewhat 

 more than $2.00 :i page for the edition of 500 copies; there is every reason 

 to look for almost 600 pages of text. The margin, therefore, is uot more 

 than $400. This admits of but limited expenditures for maps, cuts, and 

 plates. It is evident that the Fellows must exerl themselves to place the 

 publications on a Bure basis by securing a fund for defraying cost <>f pro]" c 

 illustrations. 



The presentation of estimates of expenditure for the year 1890 cannot be 

 made satisfactorily, as the Society has only begun its effective work: lmt 

 there is necessity that authority for expenditures in publication he given to 

 the Executive Council at this meeting. The estimate for printing the Bul- 

 letin is based on the agreement with Messrs. Judd & Detweiler, according 

 to which the cost of the Bulletin, including paper and everything else, ex- 

 cepting the covers ami binding, will be $1.90 per long primer page and S'J.'JO 

 per brevier page, the former being used for memoirs and the latter for other 

 matter. The expenses of the Secretary for postage, stationary, and printing 

 will probably fall below those for 1889. 



The canvass of the ballots received by the Secretary shows that the Con- 

 stitution recommended by the Committee appointed at the Ithaca meeting 

 has received the requisite three-fourths vote in favor of its adoption, bo that 

 that Constitution, with the accompanying By-Laws, will go into effect im- 

 mediately upon the final adjournment of this meeting. 



The oew Constitution provides that vacancies arising shall be filled by 

 the Council ad interim. This involve- the selection of three additional 

 Councilors, and also, if the Council think it necessary, an Editor. The 

 ( louncil is of the opinion that the selection of an Editor is indispensable. 



The Executive Council cannot refrain from congratulating the Society 

 upon the auspicious close of the first year. There have been manifested on 

 all aides a sacrifice of personal feeling, a readiness to yield cherished opin- 

 ions respecting methods, a freedom from self-assertion, and an earnest deter- 

 mination to make the Society succeed which could have been expected 

 hardly by the most sanguine, and which augur well for the future of the 

 5 iciety. 



The Executive ( ' >uncil presenl the following recommendations : 



1. Thai the Treasurer be authorized to pay all bills for publication of the 

 Bulletin, when they have been certified by the officers chosen by the Council. 



•_'. That immediate efforts be made to secure a Publication Fund of $10,000, 

 to provide an income to pay for map-, plate-, and other illustrations such as 

 ordinarily cai t be paid for by the Society. 



:;. That the Treasurer, with advice of the Council, be authorized to invest 

 ;1 - the first part of the Publication Fund $1,000 of the money now in the 

 Tr< asury. 



