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Mr. R. P. Osborn was elected a regular member. 



The Executive Committee reportedthat a contract had been made 

 with the Davenport Granitoid Company to lay a cement floor in the 

 west basement room of the Academy building at an expense of 9 cents 

 per square foot, the contractors to remove the present wooden flooring 

 and move the cases. 



August 28, i8g6. — Regular Meeting. 



President Hammatt in the chair. 



Benjamin R. Putnam was elected to life membership. 



Mrs. M. L. D. Putnam was appointed a delegate to the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science about to meet at Buffalo, 

 N. Y., and the Corresponding Secretary was instructed to forward her 

 credentials, she being now in the East. 



September 25-, i8g6. — Regular Meeting. 



President Hammatt in the chair. 



The donation from Capt. W. P. Hall of a large flint spear head — 

 a very fine specimen — together with a number of arrow heads and 

 two large stone axes, was reported. 



October 30, i8g6. — Regular Meeting. 



President Hammatt in the chair; eleven members present. 

 The following resolutions on the death of Mr. William H. Holmes 

 were presented and adopted : 



Whereas, In the death of William H. Holmes, which occurred at his 

 residence in this city on the morning of the 26th inst., the Academy loses ont- 

 of its earliest and most honored members. 



Resolved, That we hereby record our appreciation of his sterling worth as 

 a man, .of his life-long zeal in the search for truth, and of his valuable 

 services as an officer of, and contributor to the work of the Academy. 



Resolved, That we tender our deep sympathy to his sorrowing household 

 and that copies of these resolutions be sent to them and to the city press. 



W. H. Barrls, 

 Arthur M. Judy, 

 C. H. Preston, 



Cotnmittee. 



President Hammatt, Mrs. Putnam and others added warm personal 

 tributes to the worth of the deceased. 



After the business session the Academy adjourned to the Library 



