RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 700 



For the immediate needs of the Committee in furtherance of 

 research, 81,000. 



For the purchase and binding of the usual periodicals, $150. 



For the purchase and binding of books relating to light and 

 heat, $50. 



For the same purpose, the unexpended balance of the appro- 

 priation made at the last annual meeting 



For the preparatiou and distribution of a pamphlet relating 

 to that Fund, the continuance of the appropriation of 8250. 



To Professor John Trowbridge, in aid of a research on the 

 electric double refraction of light, 8200. 



To Professor E. H. Hall, in aid of his research on the ther- 

 mal and thermo-electric properties of iron and other sub- 

 stances, 8200. 



On the recommendation of the C. ]\1. Warren Committee it 

 was 



Voted, To make the following appropriation fiom the income 

 of the C. M. Warren Fund : — 



For the use of the C. M. Warren Committee in furtherance 

 of chemical research, $600. 



On the motion of the Recording Secretary, it was 



Voted, That the annual assessment for the ensuing year be 

 •ten dollars (810). 



The report of the Committee to whom the amendment of the 

 Statutes was referred at the meeting of March 8, 1905, was 

 accepted, and in accordance therewith, and on the motion of 

 the Recording Secretary, it was 



Voted, That Chapter VII. of the Statutes be amended by add- 

 ing to it the following clause : 



5. The Treasurer may appoint an Assistant Treasurer to 

 perform his duties, for whose acts as such Assistant, tlie Treas- 

 urer shall be lesponsible ; or the Treasurer may employ any 

 Trust Company, doing business in Boston, ^Massachusetts, as 

 agent to perform his duties; the compensation of such Assist- 

 ant Treasurer or agent to be paid from the funds of the Academy. 



The annual election resulted in the choice of the following 

 officers and committees : — 



