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activity and wider influence, the methods of raising the funds 

 needed for the increased cost of maintenance to be left for future 

 consideration." 



On motion of W. R. Livermore it was 



Voted, To adopt the second recommendation of the Com'mittee> 

 as follows : — 



" Amend the statutes in accordance with the bill now before 

 the Legislature, then to increase the Massachusetts membership 

 by 20 or 25 a year until we have perhaps 300 such members ; 

 and thereafter to increase membership as the Academy shall 

 then determine." 



On motion of Louis Bell, it was 



Voted, That the fourth recommendation be laid on the table. 



On motion of A. G. Webster it was 



Voted, to adopt the fifth recommendation, as follows : — 



" That the functions of the Council be enlarged, in order to 

 give it supervision over all affairs of the Academy, not otherwise 

 specified by the Statutes." 



On motion of A. G. Webster it was 



Voted, To adopt the sixth recommendation, as follows : — 



" That a committee of five, including the President and the 

 Recording Secretary, be appointed to take charge of meetings." 



On motion of A. G. Webster it was 



Voted, That the third recommendation be laid on the table. 



Professor Davis presented proposed alterations of the Statutes 

 to accord with the recommendations of the Committee on Policy 

 just adopted, and moved that they be referred to a Committee. 



The President referred the proposed alteration of the Statutes 

 to a Committee consisting of W. M. Davis and H. H. Edes. 



The meeting then adjourned to the Reception room where the 

 following paper was given by Professor Kuno Francke : — " The 

 Historical Aspect of Mediaeval German Mysticism." 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



" The Opacity of Certain Glasses to the Ultra Violet." By 



Louis Bell. 



"On the Electromagnetic and Thermomagnetic Transverse 



and Longitudinal Effects in Soft Iron." By Edwin H. Hall and 



L. L. Campbell. 



