RECORDS OP MEETINGS. 813 



The changes made in the Statutes relate chiefly to the method of 

 making Appropriations, to the approval and payment of Bills, and to the 

 efficient management of the Treasurer's office. The Council is charged 

 with the responsibility of reporting the Appropriations to the Academy, 

 and for this purpose the Chairman of three Committees are made mem- 

 bers of the Council in place of the three Vice-Presidents. 



The calling of special Meetings is provided for, at which any action 

 heretofore allowed at Stated Meetings may be taken. 



Slight changes are made in the Nomination and Election of Fellows 

 and Members, and a few verbal alterations are offered. 



There has been a great disparity in the number of Resident Fellows 

 belonging to each of the three Classes, and an Amendment to the Statutes 

 is submitted to remedy this trouble. 



The distribution of the publications of the Academy has been omitted 

 from the Statutes and is authorized by the Standing Votes in which few 

 changes have been made. 



(Signed) W. W. Goodwin. 

 M. II. Morgan. 

 Charles P. Bowditcii. 

 Wm. Watson. 

 Theodore Lyman. 

 Boston, January 10, 1906. 



The Academy then proceeded to consider in detail the pro- 

 posed changes in the Statutes. 



Chapters I., III., IV., V., VI., VIII., IX., and XL, of the Stat- 

 utes, and Nos. 2 and 8 of the Standing Votes were unanimously- 

 approved, but such marked differences of opinion were expressed 

 in the discussion of Chapters II. and VII. that at the sugges- 

 tion of the President the discussion of these changes was de- 

 ferred to the meeting of February 14, and on the motion of the 

 Recording Secretary, it was 



Voted, To meet on adjournment February 14. 



Professor Trowbridge then made the following communica- 

 tion : " Effect of Magnetic Field on Production of the X 

 Rays." 



At the request of the President, Dr. Bell gave a brief descri[> 

 tion of the electric lights just installed in the building, which 

 were quite novel in character. 



