Cooke.] 10 



Bryant, Dr. Charles E. Ware, Dr. D. Humphreys Storer, Geo. 

 B. Emerson, T. T. Bouve, Dr. S. L. Abbot, M.D. Ross, R. C. 

 Greenleaf, J. D. Philbrick, Ed. Pickering, N. L. Hooper, Lem- 

 uel Shaw, C. J. Sprague, Chas. C. Sheafe, J. D. Kidder, Thos. 

 Gaffield, M. S. Scudder, Dr. J. C. White. 



He also read a circular which had been prepared by the 

 Committee. The report was accepted and adojDted. 



The change in the By-Laws, altering the condition of Life- 

 Membership from the payment of |50 to |100, coming up as 

 special business on motion of Mr. Bouve, after considerable 

 discussion, it was voted that Article 3, Section IL, of the By- 

 Laws be amended by the substitution of the words "one 

 hundred "for "fifty." 



Mr. Bouye, for the Committee appointed at the meeting of 

 April 15th, to take into consideration what changes in the 

 Constitution and By-Laws would be advantageous to suit the 

 necessities of the Society on its removal into its new build- 

 ing,, asked that that Committee be relieved of duty and a 

 new Committee ai^pointed ; this request was granted, and 

 Drs. A. A. Gould and J. C. White and Mr, S. H. Scudder 

 wjere nominated in their places. Dr. White and Mr. Scudder 

 declining, the names of Messrs. C. J. Sprague and C. Stodder 

 were substituted, and the Committee as thus formed was 

 elected. 



The following ])ersons were elected Resident Membei-s : — 

 Messrs. Henry W. Wilson, S. T. Snow and Joshua P. Con- 

 verse. 



February 3, 1864. 

 Vice President Charles T. Jiickson, M. D., in the chair. 



Preheat, forty-seven members. 



Prof J. P. Cooke exhibited specimens of crj^stallized sil- 

 ver from Lake Superior and of Childrenite from Hebron, Me., 

 and gave some account of the acid tartrates of Caesium and 

 Rubidium, exhibiting crystals. 



