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Publication Fund. 

 Publication $2,500 



RuMFORD Fund. 



Research $1,000 



Periodicals, books and binding 250 



Publication 700 



To be used at discretion of Committee 800 $2,750 



C. M. Warren Fund. 

 Research $300 



On the suggestion of the Assistant Treasurer, the amount recom- 

 mended for appropriation from the income of the General Fund for 

 Books, periodicals and binding was reduced to $1,000, and the amount 

 recommended for House expenses was raised to $800. 



It was then 



Voted, To appropriate for the purposes named the following sums : — 



From the income of the General Fund $4,150 



From the income of the Publication Fund 2,500 



From the income of the Rumford Fund 2,750 



From the income of the Warren Fund 300 



On motion of the Corresponding Secretary it was 

 Voted^ That the assessment for the ensuing year be ten 

 dollars ($10). 



On the recommendation of the Rumford Committee it was 

 Voted, To award the Rumford Premium to Professor James 

 Mason Crafts, for his researches in high temperature thermome- 

 try and the exact determination of fixed points on the thermo- 

 metric scale. 



On the motion of Dr. Bell, it was 



Voted, That the Chairman of the House Committee and the 

 Chairman of the Library Committee be constituted, with the 

 President, a Building Committee, to have full power to act for 

 the Academy in all that pertains to the new building, to have 

 authority to add to their number as may seem desirable, and to 

 report progress at each meeting of the Academy. A majority 

 of the members shall constitute a quorum and meetings may be 

 called at any time by any member observing occasion for it. 



