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3. The treasurer's report was accepted after passing through the 

 hands of the auditing committee, and showed the following items: 



Balance from previous year .|156 74 



Receipts during present year 31 00 



Total f 187 74 



Bills paid during the year |44 35 



Balance on hand |143 39 



4. The Academy voted to endorse the following hills before the 

 leiiislature: 



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The bill on a topographical survey of the State. 



The bill for an archaeological survey of the State. 



The committee in charge of the bill on the natural history survey 

 were allowed to use their discretion in pushing their bill, provided they 

 did not jeopardize the bill for the topographical survey. 



5. On recommendation of the Council the following oflScers were 

 elected for the ensuing year: 



President — Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor. 



Secretarv — Dr. James B. Pollock, Ann Arbor. 



Treasurer — Prof. Wm. H. Munson, Hillsdale. 



Vice Presidents — Botany, Prof. Charles F. Wheeler, Agricultural Col- 

 lege; Zoology, Prof. Hubert L. Clark, Olivet; Sanitary Science, Hon. 

 Frank Wells, Lansing; Agriculture, Prof. J. A. Jeffery, Agricultural 

 College. 



G. In accordance with a vote of the joint session of the Academy and 

 the Schoolmasters' Club, the Council appointed Prof. J. E. Reighard as 

 a delegate, and Prof. Walter B. Barrows, as alternate, to represent the 

 Academy in the committee which should consider the affiliation of the 

 Scientific Societies of the State with the Academy. 



