13 ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



Cleveland, November — , 1847. 



Society met at Dr. Kirtland's room, Medical College, for 

 the election of officers for the ensuing year. Dr. Kirtland in 

 the chair. 



On balloting, the following gentlemen were found to be 

 duly elected, viz : 



President — Jared P. Kirtland, M. D. 

 First Vice President — J. A. Harris. 

 Second Vice President — William D. Beattie. 

 Third Vice President — Samuel Starkweather. 



Curators: 



William Case, Kufus K. Winslow, 



Hamilton L. Smith, Jared P. Kirtland, 



Samuel St. John, J. Lang Cassells, 



Henry C. Kingsley, Benjamin A. Stanard. 



Treasurer — M. C. Younglove. 



Recording Secretary — Hamilton L. Smith. 



Corresponding Secretary — Samuel St. John. 



[There is here a hiatus in the record, no entries appearing 

 on the Minute Book of the transactions of the Academy for 

 more than a year.] 



Cleveland, November 27, 1849. 



At the annual meeting of the members of the Academy 

 of Natural Science, held at the library room of the Medical 

 College, in accordance with the provision of the Consti- 

 tution, public notice of said meeting having been duly 

 given in the several newspapers of the city, a quorum not 

 being present, the meeting was adjourned till the hour of 

 half past 6 P. M., on Tuesday next, to meet at the same 



place. 



Jared P. Kirtland, Secretary pro tern. 



Convened in pursuance of the above; no other person 

 being present, save and except myself. Voted: That the 



