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[Jan. 15, 



Library. 



Edwin J. Houston, William John Potts, Jesse Y. Burk, 



William H. Greene, William S. Baker. 



Michaux Legacy. 



Thomas Meehan, J. Sergeant Price, William M. Tilghman, 



Isaac Burk, Isaac C. Martindale. 



Henry M. Phillips'' Prize Essay Fund. 



Richard Vaux, Henry Phillips, Jr., William V. McKean, 



Furman Sheppard, Joseph C. Fraley. 



The President and the Treasurer of the Society, ex officio. 



This being the evening for the election of Librarian, a ballot 

 was held and the tellers reported that Mr, Henry Phillips, Jr., 

 had received 28 votes and Mr. Benjamin Smith Lyman had 

 received 12 votes ; whereupon Mr, Phillips was declared duly 

 elected Librarian for the ensuing year. 



[Secretary Phillips present and not voting.] 



Pending nominations Nos. 1232 and 123B, and new nomi- 

 nations Nos. 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239 and 1240 

 were read. 



The Committee appointed to examine the paper of Prof. 

 Cope, offered at the last meeting for the Transactions, reported 

 progress and was continued, 



Dr, Brinton presented the following papers for the Proceed- 

 ings: "On the Mazatecan Language of Mexico, and its Affini- 

 ties," and " Observations on the Chinantec Language of Mex- 

 ico." 



The Committee on the Michaux Legacy presented a paper 

 on "The Temperate and Alpine Floras of the Giant Volcanoes 

 of Mexico," by Prof. Angelo Heilprin, which was ordered to 

 be printed as a part of its report. 



The report of the Committee, on the Publications of the 

 Society, appointed December, 1890, was then taken up. 



The report was then read, signed by the Chairman and three 



