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Resolved, That the Officers and Council of the Society are hereby- 

 authorized to demand and receive, on behalf of the same, from the 

 executors of the last will and testament of Fran9ois Andre Michaux, 

 deceased, or whoever may have the legal charge and custody thereof, 

 the sum of money bequeathed by the said Francois Andre Michaux 

 to the Society in trust for the purposes expressed in the said legacy; 

 and, if necessary, to appoint an attorney or attorneys under them for 

 the purpose of demanding, receiving and seeing to the proper invest- 

 ment or transfer of the same; — which resolution was read, considered 

 and adopted. 



A report was made by the librarian, on leave given, in rela- 

 tion to the preparation of a catalogue of the library, and stating 

 the plan and progress made in the same ; — which was read and 

 ordered to be inserted on the minutes. 



A committee of six members was appointed to suggest the 

 names of Oflkers of the Society for the ensuing year, — to make 

 report at the next stated meeting. 



Staled Meeting, December 17, 185S. 



Present, thirty-nine members. 

 Mr. Lea, Vice-President in the Chair, 



Dr. Edward Plartshorne, a recently elected member, was in- 

 troduced and took his seat. 



A letter was read from ^A. Jomard, dated Paris, Nov., 1S57, 

 returning thanks for Part 1, Vol. XI. of the Transactions of 

 the Society. 



The followinsr donations were announced: — 



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FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Annual Report of the Commissioner of Statistics to the General As- 

 sembly of Ohio for 1857. Columbus, 1858. (112 pages.) 8vo. 

 — From E. D. Mansfield, Com. 



Quarterly Summary Trans. Coll. Phys. III. 5. Phila. 1858. 8vo. 



Journal of the Franklin Inst. No. 6. Phila. Dec. 1858. 8vo. 



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