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these propositions be adopted, and the first be referred to 

 the Council. 



On motion of Mr. Bouve, it was voted, that the President, 

 with Messrs. Barnard, Bouve, Alger, and Dr. Brewer, be a 

 committee to take measures, if deemed expedient by them, 

 for the purchase of the collection of Ornithichnites belonging 

 to the estate of the late Mr. Marsh, of Greenfield. 



Dr. Cabot reported, in behalf of the Committee, on the 

 subject of a change in the deed of the Society's estate, so 

 that all processes legitimately pertaining to Natural History 

 might be pursued in the Society's building, that the change 

 had been effected with the consent of the former proprietors. 

 The report was accepted. 



Dr. Shurtleff read a letter from the President and Direct- 

 ors of the Boston Theatre, asking that the boundary line 

 between their estate and that of the Natural History Soci- 

 ety may be definitely established, and making certain pro- 

 positions relative to the foundations of the Society's building. 



On motion of Dr. Durkee, it was voted, that said letter, 

 and the subjects treated of in it, be referred to a Committee, 

 consisting of Dr. Shurtleff, Mr. J. E. Cabot, and Dr. A. A. 

 Gould, with power to take any steps in the premises which 

 may seem to them fit. 



A letter was read from M. Vattemare, accompanying a 

 donation of books, and requesting the continuance of an in- 

 terchange of books and specimens with the Museum of 

 Natural History in Paris. The letter is on file. 



The Committee appointed at the last meeting to nominate 

 a list of officers for the ensuing year, reported the names of 

 the officers of the past year, with the exception of the sub- 



