306 SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS. 



A committee to audit the account was appointed by the Presi- 

 dent. Professors Verrill and McMurrich were placed on the 

 committee. 



The names of candidates for admission to memhership in the 

 Society were posted. A committee to nominate oHicer* for the 

 ensuing year was appointed, consisting of Professors Bowditch, 

 Farlow, Thaxter, Libbey, and Howell. 



President Chittenden called for the report of the committee ap- 

 pointed to consider the possibility of a closer union of the affili- 

 ated societies with the Society of Naturalists. 



The report was as follows : 



The following members of the '• Affiliation Committee " met 

 at Osborn hall, New Haven, Conn., on Dec. 27, 1S93 : 



C. S. Minot, W. Libbey, Jr., representing the '■ Naturalists." 



S. I. Smith, representing the " Morphologists." 



J. G. Curtis, W. P. Lombard, representing the " Physiolo- 

 gists." 



It was unanimously voted to recommend the affiliation of the 

 societies represented, and of the Society of Anatomists, on the fol- 

 lowing terms, viz. : 



L The affiliated societies shall elect each its own members, 

 but none but " professionals" shall be eligible to anv one of them. 



Election to any one of the affiliated societies shall carry with 

 it membership in the "Naturalists" society. 



II. The common fiuul shall be held bv the treasury of the 

 Society of Naturalists, said fund to be used for common purposes ; 

 each society to be free to levy special assessments on its own 

 special meml>ers, collect and expend the same. 



The administrative expenses connected with calling and hold- 

 ing all meetings, whether general or special,. of all the societies, 

 shall be considered common purposes in the abcne sense. 



III. The meetings of the afliliated societies to be held at the 

 same time and place ; these to be determined by a committee to 

 consist of the presidents of the affiliated societies, ex officio^ with 

 the Executive Committee of the Naturalists. 



IV. The only official publication to be paid for out of the com- 

 mon fund shall be one comprising the constitutions, by-laws, and 

 lists of members of all the aifiliated societies, together with the 

 Secretary's records of the meetings, whether regular or special, 

 of all the societies. 



