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L. B. Haniugton, R. Palmer Waters, Charles A. Ropes, Win. B. 

 Howes, Beiijamiu Stone, Benjamin Cox and Francis Cox. 



Of this sum of five hundred and live dollars, fifty dollars and fifty 

 cents have been expended for blank books and other material, and 

 one hundred and four dollars and thirty-five cents for labor employed 

 since Dec. 1st, 1869, leaving a balance of three hundred and fifty dol- 

 lars and fifteen cents, which it is believed will enable us to accom- 

 plish during the coming year very much of the work which remains 

 to be done in this section. Very many of the manuscripts have already 

 been arranged, and eight large folio books filled with papers classified 

 and chronologically arranged. The Secretary, Mr. Robinson, has 

 taken special charge of the collection of commissions which he has 

 arranged and classified in blank books with great care and skill. 



The committee appointed at the meeting lield on Monday evening, 

 April 4, to report at this meeting such amendments to the by-laws as 

 may be requii'ed to conform to the anicndatorj' act of incorporation, 

 reported the following proposed amendments : 



By-laws, Cii.^I'tek II. — Instead of the section relating to the 

 Curators, substitute the following : 



"The CuKATOUS shall have the special charge of the arrangement, 

 cataloguing and labelling of specimens in their respective depart- 

 ments, and report on the condition and wants of the same at the an- 

 nual meeting." 



Instead of the section relating to a Lecture Committee, substitute 

 the following: — 



" A Lectuke Committee, who shall arrange for such Lectures, 

 Gatherings, and JNIeetings, as may be deemed advisable, and are not 

 otherwise provided for." 



Chai'teu III. — Instead of the first three paragraphs substitute the 

 following : 



"The following shall be the Departments of the Institute: — 1. 

 Department of History. 2. Department of Natural History. 

 3. Department of Horticulture. 4. Department of the Arts." 



The above amendments were acted upon separately and unanimously 

 adopted. 



The Committee also recommended the following amendment to the 

 Constitution : 



Instead of Article I, substitute the folloAving: "Article I. The 

 objects of the Essex Institute are the collection and preservation of 

 materials for the Civil and Natural Historj^ of the County of Essex, 

 and the advancement of Science, Literature, and the Arts." 



Voted to proceed to the choice of ofiicers. 



