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Mr. Burnet Landreth, Bristol, Pa. ; Mr. William John Pott?, 

 Camden, N, J.; Franklin Reformatory Home for Inebriates, 

 Prof. E. D. Cope, Messrs. Alexander E. Outerbridge, Joseph 

 Wharton, Philadelphia; U. S. National Museum, Prof. 

 Edward Goodfellow, Washington, D. C. ; Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Stations, Geneva, N. Y. ; Raleigh, N. C. ; Lake City, 

 Fla. ; Brookings, S. Dak. 



The donations to the library were announced. 



The minutes of the Council meeting of the 12th of May 

 were read. The resolution 



That the Council recommend to the Society the appointment of Messrs. 

 Meehan, Houston and Price as a Committee to Examine the Catalogue of 

 the Martindale Library, in order to ascertain if any books contained 

 therein are important to complete our list, and if so, to purchase the 

 same at a cost not exceeding $100 — provided the money can be obtained 

 from the income of the Michaux Fund, or by subscription. 



recommended by the Council was considered. 



Mr. Prime moved that Dr. Rothrock be added to the Com- 

 mittee. Carried. 



Mr. Prime moved to amend by striking out from the last 

 clause the words, " or by subscription." Carried. 



The resolution so amended was carried. 



The business of the election of new members was taken up. 



Nominations Nos. 1250, 1253, 1251, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258 

 and 1259 were read, spoken to, and balloted for. 



Prof. Barker and Mr. Price were appointed tellers by the 

 President. 



Prof. Cope made a communication in regard to some stone 

 implements occurring in Marj^land, on the Potomac, the 

 simplest yet found by him in forty years collecting. The 

 locality is two or three miles from the Potomac, is one-half 

 mile to one mile in length, in material that is supposed to 

 be derived from the Triassic and that has apparently been 

 carried by floating ice. The locality is traversed by a small 

 stream, with small hills on each side. There is a bed of red- 

 dish clay, up to six feet in thickness, filled with cobble-stones, 

 many of them broken, and many worked ; and some of them 



