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meetings may be held, believing that the interests of the majority 

 will be best subserved by adhering to the original plan; and 



*•' The Executive Committee would recommend that a com- 

 mittee of three be appointed by the Chair to carefully consider thfc 

 changes made necessary in the Constitution by our recent action 

 with regard to the affiliated societies. It shall be the duty of this 

 committee to ascertain the action taken by each of these societies 

 in this matter, and to make, in the form of a report to the spring 

 meeting of the Executive Committee, a revision of our Constitution 

 and By-laws, which shall carry out the results that we seek to 

 obtain by this action." 



At the meeting of the Society on Thursday morning the fol- 

 lowing business was transacted : 



The committee appointed to audit the Treasurer's account re- 

 ported : 



That having examined the account-books of W. T. Sedgwick, 

 Treasurer American Society of Naturalists, and having compared 

 the accounts with the vouchers submitted, the}' find the accounts 

 correct. Report accepted. 



It was moved and carried that the Secretary be instructed to 

 cast the vote of the Society for the following applicants for mem- 

 bership : 



Katharine J. Busn, Assistant in Peabody Museum of Yale 

 University. 



Wesley R. Coe, Ph. 15., Assistant in Biology, Yale Uni- 

 versity. 



Daniel C. Eaton, M.A., Professor of Botany, Yale Uni- 

 versity. 



Alexander W. Evans, Ph.B., ISI.D., House Surgeon, New 

 Haven Hospital. 



Harry B. Ferrls, Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Yale 

 Medical School. 



George Wilton Field, A.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor 

 of Cellular Biology, Brown University. 



Langdon Frothingham, M.D.V., Assistant in Veterinary 

 Science and Bacteriology, Yale University. 



Ross Granville Harrison, B.A., Fellow of Johns Hopkins 

 University. 



Annie P. Henchman, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



