RECORDS. 143 



" Whereas, The cause of education in science is retarded by the 

 restrictions placed by Congress on the importation of scientific 

 books and apparatus ; whereas we believe that advance in the arts 

 and industries depends on the development of science and is 

 impeded by the before-mentioned import duties, and that all re- 

 strictions on education and scientific research are unworthy of 

 enliojhtened government; whereas the scientific books published 

 abroad are absolutely essential to students and investigators, and 

 are but rarely duplicated in this country ; whereas the value of 

 scientific apparatus is in nearly all cases dependent on the 

 individuality of the maker; and whereas colleges and incorporated 

 institutions are now permitted to import apparatus duty free, 

 while private investigators, usually less able to afford expense, 

 are obliged to pay duty, therefore 



^'Be it Resolved^ That 

 hereby requests the representatives of 



in the Congress of the United States to use all possible eflbrts 

 to have placed on the free list, books pertaining to the physical, 

 natural, and medical sciences, and apparatus intended for purposes 

 of scientific research or of education ; and further be it 



"Resolved^ That a copy of these preambles and resolutions be 

 forwarded to each member of Congress." 



It was 



" Resolved^ That a copv of the above resolution be forwarded 

 to the Universities and Colleges of the United States by the Sec- 

 retary, with a recommendation that it be adopted by them at an 

 early date, and that information of the same be communicated 

 to Professor Eastman, United States Naval Observatory, Wash- 

 ington, D.C." 



Signed, 



E. D. Cope, 



CJiair7nan. 



The resolution was seconded and carried. 



The Society adjourned at 5 P.M. 



Sx\MUEL F. CLARKE, 



Secretary, 



