86 DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



Dr. C. C. Parry and Rev. S. S. Hunting were elected mem- 

 bers of the Section. 



!N^ot much business was transacted, but the evening was spent 

 in tlie discussion of historical and other topics. 



February 10th, 1877. — Trustees' Meeting. 

 Rev. S. S. Hunting, President in the chair. 

 Six members present. 



Dr. C. C. Parry offered the following motion, which was 

 adopted : 



Be-olved. That the Academy assume the subscription to 100 copies of 

 Vol. 11, Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences to 

 complete the number of 150, as required to meet the proposition of J. 

 D. Putnam for publishing the same. 



The action of W. H. Pratt, in procuring photographs of the 

 engraved tablets, was ratified. 



On motion of Mr. Pratt, the matter of disposing of the pho- 

 tographs in the interest of the Academy, was referred to the 

 Publication Committee with power to act. 



Dr. C. H. Preston offered the following resolution, which was 

 unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That in consideration of the important services of Rev. J. 

 Gass in the successful prosecution of his archaeological discoveries, and 

 of his generous action in depositing with the Academy the valuable 

 material he has so laboriously collected in these researches, he is hereby 

 constituted a life member of the Academy. 



Messrs. Pratt and Riepe were requested to arrange with Mr. 

 Gass for a definite written understanding of the conditions on 

 which his deposits of archaeological specimens may Ue perma- 

 nently held by the Academy. 



February 20th, 1877. — Trustees' Meeting. 



Rev. S, S. Hunting, President, in the chair. 



Eight members present. Also present, Chas. E. Putnam, on 

 behalf of the Academy, and Messrs. D. Gould and Francis Ochs 

 on behalf of the School Board. 



An informal discussion was had in regard to the proposed 



