JNIr. F. H. Keniiard reported that his Committee had 

 placed in the Maomial Hall of the American ^luseum of 

 Natural Histoiy, a large colored relief map showing the 

 ranfife of the buffalo in early times and the locations of the 

 principal herds still existing. 



Mr. Harry V. Radford spoke of the extended trip he 

 was about to take in the Northwest, and the Executive 

 Committee was authorized to appropriate a sum not ex- 

 ceeding two hundred dollars to enable Mr. Radford to 

 visit the wild wood-bison of Athabasca, and report his 

 observations on this herd to the American Bison Society. 



In order to show appreciation of the generosity of those 

 who contributed to the fund for the purchase of the Mon- 

 tana National Bison Herd, but who were not already 

 members of the Society, it was decided to enroll all sub- 

 scribers to this fund on the Society's books, and on motion 

 each was gi^'en the form of membership to A\'hich his sub- 

 scription entitled him, viz: — those having subscribed one 

 thousand dollars or more, a patronship; those having sub- 

 scribed one Imndred dollars or more, but less than one 

 thousand dollars, a life membership; those having sub- 

 scribed five dollars or more but less than one hundred dol- 

 lars, a membership for one year; those having subscribed 

 one dollar or more but less than five dollars, an associate 

 membership for one year. 



It was further decided that those who had presented 

 the Society with living buffaloes which in the opinion of the 

 Executive Committee were w^orth one thousand dollars or 

 more, should be made patrons of the Society, and that 

 those who had presented buffaloes, which in the opinion of 

 the Executive Committee were worth less than one thou- 

 sand dollars, should be made life members of tlie Society. 



The following members were elected to fill the nine 

 vacancies occurring in the Board of INIanagers: — Mrs. 

 Ezra R. Thayer, Clark Williams, William T.yman I^ndei-- 

 wood, ^Morton J. Elrod, INIadison Grant, II. C. Bumpus, 

 C. J. Jones, A. Bowen Perry, and Charles II. Stonebridge. 



The auditing committee appointed by the President 

 reported that the accounts of the Treasurer had been ex- 

 amined and found correct, and the meeting adjourned. 



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