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by the Society at a date to be subsequently fixed, and that 

 a Special Committee of seven members be appointed by the 

 President to arrange for the same. Carried. 



The Society was adjourned by the presiding officer. 



Stated Meeting, March 3, 1899. 



Vice-President Sellers in the Chair. 



Present, 15 members. 



A letter was read from Dr. Cyrus Adler, on behalf of the 

 American Committee of the Second International Conference 

 on a Catalogue of Scientific Literature, requesting the Society 

 to appoint a Committee to study the various questions rela- 

 tincr to the Catalosue and to sive its counsel on or before 

 April 1, proximo. On motion, the President was authorized 

 to appoint the Committee as requested, and he subsequently 

 appointed Prof. Barker, Dr. T. 11. Bache, Prof. Sadtler, Prof. 

 Smyth, Mr. Eosengarten and Dr. Hays. 



Prof. W. B. Scott presented for the Transactions a paper 

 by the late Prof. Baar and Dr. Case, entitled "The History 

 of the Pelycosauria, with a Description of the Genus Dimetro- 

 don, Cope," which was discussed by Dr. Sellers and Messrs. 

 Wistar and Morris, and was referred to the following special 

 Committee: Prof. Scott, Dr. Jayne and Mr. Arthur E. Brown. 

 The Society was adjourned by the presiding officer. 



Stated Meeting, March 17, 1899. 



Vice-President Dr. Sellers in the Chair. 



Present, 23 members. 



Mr. Henry S. Pancoast, a newly elected member, was pre- 

 sented to the Chair, and took his seat. 



