TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



October 4, 1886. 

 Regular Business Meeting. 

 The President, Dr. J. S. Newberry, in the chair. 



Forty-four persons present. 



The Report of the Council was received and adopted, recom- 

 mending the acceptance of the resignation of Mr. George A. 

 Plimpton, and the payment of certain bills. - 



The secretary presented a resolution proposing the following 

 changes in the By-laws: 



I. To insert in Chapter IV. the following section, to be num- 

 bered Section 5, and the other sections to be renumbered ac- 

 cordingly: 



5. The librarian shall have the immediate supervision and 

 care of the library, under the general authority of the library 

 committee of the council. All accessions to the library shall 

 pass through his hands, and he' shall enter the titles to the same 

 in a suitable book kept for that purpose. He shji.ll indelibly 

 stam{) every book, pamphlet, paper, or other matter, with the 

 stamp of tlie society, as prescribed by the library committee or 

 council. He shall periodically make a detailed report of acces- 

 sions, and on the fourth Monday in February shall make an an- 

 nual report on the condition of the library. 



II. In Chapter VIII., Section 1, to change the term ^'five dol- 



