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the committee have proposed that these and other simihir meas- 

 ures should be carried directly into the Association, to be brought 

 forward and discussed there. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. S. KlXGSLEY. 



John A. Ryder. 

 Wm. B. Scott. 

 W. T. Sedgwick. 

 Hexry F. Osborx, 



Chair7)ian. 

 Washington, Dec. 30, 1884. 



The Secretary announced that the Executive Committee rec- 

 ommended the following amendment to the constitution for adop- 

 tion, viz. : to amend Art. iii. to read : — 



Article III. — Officers. 



Section i. The officers of this Society shall be a President, 

 three Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. 



Sect. ii. Unchanged. 



Sect. hi. The same person shall not be eligible as President 

 more than two successive years, nor as Vice-President more than 

 three successive years, and one Vice-President shall retire each 

 year. 



Sect. iv. The officers named in Section i shall discharge 

 the duties usually assigned to these respective officers ; they, 

 together with two members elected from the Society at large, 

 shall constitute the Executive Committee. The Executive Com- 

 mittee shall recommend to the Society, from time to time, such 

 measures as they may deem expedient for the purposes of the 

 Society, besides discharging the specific duties assigned to them 

 by this constitution. 



Sect. v. Unchanged. 



This amendment was adopted by tiie necessary vote of the 

 Society. 



The Nominating Committee reported the following nomina- 

 tions for officers for the ensuinjr vear : — 



