530 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



the income of the Rumford Fund be placed at the disposal 

 of the Rumford Committee to be expended in aid of investiga- 

 tions on light and heat, payments to be made on the order of 

 the Chairman of the Committee. 



Voted, That an appropriation of six hundred dollars (1*600) 

 from the income of the Warren Fund be granted to Charles F. 

 Mabery of Cleveland, Ohio, for the continuation of his re- 

 searches on the chemistry of petroleum. 



Voted, To appropriate twenty-four hundred dollars (-$2400) 

 from the income of the General Fund for the expenses of 

 publication. 



Voted, To appropriate eighteen hundred and thirt3^-eiglit 

 and tVo dollars ($1838.23) from the income of the General 

 Fund and two hundred and twenty-eight and iV^r dollars 

 ('1)228.67) from the income of the Rumford Fund, in addition 

 to the amount recommended by the Rumford Committee, for 

 library expenses. 



Voted, to appropriate two hundred dollars ($200) toward 

 making a new catalogue of the Library. 



On the recommendation of the Committee of Finance, it was 



Voted, To appropriate two thousand dollars ($2000) from 

 the income of the General Fund for general expenses. 



Voted, That the assessment for the ensuing year be five 

 dollars. 



On the motion of S. H. Scudder, it was 



Voted, To meet on adjournment on the second Wednesday 

 in June. 



The annual election resulted in the choice of the following 

 officers and committees : — 



Alexander Agassiz, President. 



John Trowbridge, Vice-President for Class I. 



Alpheus Hyatt, Vice-President for Class II. 



Augustus Lowell, Vice-President for Class III. 



William M. Davis, Corresponding Secretary. 



"William Watson, Recording Secretary. 



Francis Blake, Treasurer. 



A. Lawrence Rotch, Librarian. 



