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In conclusion, your Committee begs leave to present for consider- 

 ation the accompanying votes, intended to give effect to the new Code 

 if it shall prove acceptable to the Academy. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Henry H. Edes, 

 Elihu Thomson", 

 Henry Lefavour, 



Committee. 

 Boston, October 11, 1911. 



I. That the Report of the Committee on the Revision of the 

 Statutes and Standing Votes is hereby accepted and the Code 

 submitted therewith adopted. 



II. That all previously adopted Statutes and Standing Votes 

 are hereby repealed, 



III. That the places of those Councillors whose terras will ex- 

 pire in May, 1913, and May, 1914, are hereby declared vacated 

 at the Annual Meeting in May, 1912 ; and that the Councillors 

 affected by this vote shall be eligible for renomination and re- 

 election at that time. 



This was followed by discussion. As the time was too lim- 

 ited to consider the whole subject, it was 



Voted., To meet on adjournment, November 8th, when the 

 discussion would be continued. 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



" Water, in the Liquid and Five Solid E'orms, under Pressure." 

 By P. W. Bridgman. Presented by G. W. Pierce. 



" Mercury, Liquid and Solid, under Pressure." By P. W. 

 Bridgman. Presented by G. W. Pierce. 



" A New Method of Impact Excitation of Undamped Oscil- 

 lations and Analysis by Means of Braun Tube Oscillographs." 

 By E. L. Chaffee. Presented by G. W. Pierce. 



" The Measurement of Hydrostatic Pressures up to 20,000 

 Kilograms per Square Centimeter." By P. W. Bridgman. 

 Presented by G. W. Pierce. 



" Polycerella Zoobotryon (Smallwood). By W. M. Small- 

 wood. Presented by E. L. Mark. 



Because of the lateness of the hour the communication an- 

 nounced was not presented. 



