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used in accordance with her expressed wishes, and that, so far and as 

 soon as practicable her excellent recommendations shall be carried into 

 execution. 



After some discussion upon the resolution, it was adopted. 



Mr. C. E. Putnam, Chairman of the Building Committee, 

 stated that a rough estimate had been obtained upon a brick 

 building, 40x50 feet, basement and two stories, with slate roof, 

 at a cost of about $4,000. He thought the committee would 

 recommend, that if no arrangement be entered into in connection 

 with other societies, the Academy should proceed whenever 

 practicable to erect such a building as a wing to a more extended 

 building contemplated for the future. 



On motion of Dr. Preston it was voted that the Trustees ap- 

 prove of the recommendation of the chairman of the building 

 committee, that we limit ourselves for the present to the build- 

 ing of a rear wing, and request from the committee further and 

 more definite plans. 



Mr. J. D. Putnam offered the following resolution, which was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That the invitation heretofore extended to the Library and 

 Art Associations to unite with the Academy in the erection and occu- 

 pancy of a building, be and hereby is renewed. 



On motion, it was voted that the Treasurer be authorized to 

 pay the freight on a box of specimens from Colorado, donated 

 by C. H. Enos, Deadwood, Dakota Territory. 



June 29th, 1ST7. — Regular Meeting. 



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



Seventeen members present. 



The Corresponding Secretarj^ reported the correspondence of 

 the month. A letter was read from Prof. S. F. Baird, stating 

 that the preparation of photographs of the inscribed tablets for 

 second volume of Proceedings had been completed, and the 

 prints, executed by the albertype process, would soon be for- 

 warded. The thanks of the Academy were tendered to Prof. 

 Baird. Letters were also read from various foreign societies, 

 acknowledging the receipt of Yol. I of the Proceedings, and 

 placing the Academy upon their exchange lists. 



[Proc. D. A. N. S. Vol. II.] 20 [July, 1877.] 



