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[March 18, 



the clear inside and reaching from the floor to the ceiling, and situate in 

 the southeast corner of the northern room on second floor, which will 

 aff"ord ample room for many years to come for the protection from fire of 

 valuable books, papers and documents and articles of various kinds, 

 which may need such care and preservation. They have also received an 

 estimate from Messrs. Stacy Reeves & Sons to construct and complete 

 the same for the sum of $378. They therefore submit the following 

 resolution : 



Besolced. That the report of the Committee be accepted, and they are 

 directed to have said fireproof constructed under the direction of the 

 architect, in accordance with the plans prepared by them. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



J. Sergeant Price, Chairman. 



On motion of Mr. Price, the report was accepted, and the 

 resolution contained therein was adopted bj the Society, 



Mr. Williams offered the following resolution, which after 

 discussion was adopted by the Society : 



Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed by the President, to 

 consider and report to the Society upon the advisability of an annual 

 grant for the purpose of aiding the publication or assuming the entire 

 cost of publishing transcripts of the Babylonian tablets, on deposit in the 

 Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.* 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



Stated Meeting, March 18, 1892. 



Present, 9 members. 



Mr. Wood in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows: 



Letters of envoy were received from the Societe de Litte- 

 raire Finnoise, Helsingfors ; K. Siichsische Gesellschaft der 

 Wissenschaften, Leipzig; Meteorological Office, London ; Mu- 

 seum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass.; Department 

 of State, Washington, D. C. 



* The President subsequently appointed Messrs. Williams, DuBais aud Price as such 

 Committee. 



