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To amend Art. IV., Sec. 3, to read: 



"Sec. 3. Councilor to the American Association. The 

 President and preceding Past-President shall represent the 

 Society upon the Council of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science." 



To amend Art. IV, Sec. 2, by striking out the word "who" and 

 inserting after the words ' ' additional members ' ' the words ' ' five 

 of whom ' ' and by inserting after the word ' ' Society ' ' the follow- 

 ing: "and the sixth shall be, ex officio, the Managing Editor." 



So that the Section will read: 



"Art. IV, Sec. 2. The business of the Society not otherwise 

 provided for shall be in the hands of an Executive Committee, 

 consisting of the officers named in Section I, and of six additional 

 members, five of whom shall be elected from the Fellows by the 

 Society, and the sixth shall be ex officio the Managing Editor. 

 Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum." 



The committee farther recommends an amendment to the pro- 

 posed amendment to Art .V, by inserting at the end thereof the 

 following: "Their term of office shall commence with the first 

 of June following' their election." 



During the year a memorial drawn up by Mr. W. C. Wood 

 regarding the tarift" on insects and signed by the President and 

 Secretary-Treasurer, was sent to the Honorable Sereno E. Payne. 

 No action by Congress resulted. 



Classified Expenditures 



Notices, programs, etc. (Society) $ 10.25 



Stationary (Society) $ 24.61 



And Stamps 9.25 



Annals, postage and stamps for Annals 13.00 46.86 



Clerks and Stenographers (Society) 8.75 



(Annals) 8.00 



16.75 



Printing Annals, 4 is.sues, 1000 copies each $522.50 ' 



12 Half-tone Inserts 55 . 00 



577 . .50 



Engravings and electrotypes 61 .62 



Express and Drayage (Annals) 14.74 



Reprints 138.45 



Total — $866 . 17 



Balance on hand December 1, 1909 147 .47 



$1013.64 



Of the above total cash expenditures $43.61 were for the 

 general expenses of the Society and the remaining S822.56 were 

 for expenses connected with the Annals. In addition to the 



