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Librarian, 

 Charles K. Dillaway. 



Cahinel Keeper, 

 Henry J. Bigelow. 



On motion of Dr. J. V. C. Smith, it was unanimously 

 Voted, That tlie thanks of the Society be tendered to 



Rev. Prof. Brooks, for the learned and interesting address 



which he has delivered on this occasion. 



On motion of Dr. Storer, it was 



Voted, That the President be requested to publish, for 

 the use of members and others, and in aid of the effort to 

 raise funds, the address which he has made this day. 



Voted, That, in the opinion of the Society, the time has 

 now arrived when a strenuous effort should be made to raise 

 sufficient funds to ensure the prosperity and permanence of 

 the institution. 



Voted, That a committee be appointed, to act personally, 

 or through others to be selected by them, to solicit contri- 

 butions for the purpose of erecting a building for the use of 

 this Society. 



The following gentlemen were elected to compose this 

 Committee : 



Amos Binney, 

 Charles T. Jackson, 

 D. H. Storer, 

 A. A. Gould, 

 Charles Brooks, 

 Benjamin A. Gould. 



The Pveport of the Treasurer, and his accounts to this 

 time, were referred to B. A. Gould and T. J. Whittemore, 

 who, having examined them, reported the accounts to be 

 correctly kept, the expenditure properly vouched, and the 

 balance of cash to correspond with that stated by the Treas- 

 urer and held temporarily by the President, viz., $ 428 88. 



