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[Dec. 18, 



offering for sale a collection of South American antiquities 

 and inviting bids for the same. 



The deaths of Dr. Albert II. Smith (December 14, 1885, aet. 

 51), and Henry S. Hagert, Esq. (December 18, 1885, set. 52), 

 were announced and, on motion, the President was authorized 

 to appoint suitable persons to prepare their obituary notices. 



Prof. Cope presented for the Transactions a paper by Miss 

 Helen C. de S. Abbott, entitled " A Chemical Study of Yucca 

 angustifolia" which was referred for examination to a com- 

 mittee consisting of Drs. Brinton, Genth and Houston. 



Prof. Cope made a communication to the Society on the 

 subject of the physical conditions of memory. 



Nominations Nos. 1061-1075 were read. 



The proposed change in the Laws and Eegulations of the 

 Society, submitted by the Board of Officers and Council at the 

 last meeting, were taken up, and proof having been made that 

 advertisements had been inserted in two daily Philadelphia 

 newspapers, and that full notice had also been sent to the resi- 

 dent members of the Society, and it appearing that a quorum 

 of at least three of the Officers and Council, and at least thir- 

 teen members of the Society were present, the Society pro- 

 ceeded to the consideration of the proposed alterations, which, 

 after discussion, were unanimously adopted, as follows : 



That Chapter I, Section 1, shall read as follows : 



"The election of members shall be by ballot, and shall form part of the 



stated business of the meetings on the third Fridays of February, May, 



October and December." 



That Chapter I, Section 5, shall read as follows: 

 "The names of the candidates and their places of abode shall be desig- 

 nated on the ballots. In voting, the names of the officers shall be called 

 in the order of their seniority by the acting Secretary, the members there- 

 after depositing their ballots. The name of a candidate struck from any 

 ballot or not voted for, shall be considered as a vote adverse to that candi- 

 date." 



That Chapter I, Section 0, shall read as follows: 

 " After all the other business of the meeting shall have been disposed of, 

 the ballot box shall be opened by the Secretaries, or in their absence by two 

 Tellers to be appointed by the presiding member, who shall then declare 

 to the Society the result pf the poll." 



