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ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



[Jan. 28, 



Upon motion of Mr. McClintock the Society formally ratified 

 the organization of the Engineering Section. 



On motion of Mr. Emil Kuichling the rules relating to the 

 election of members were unanimously suspended and the following 

 named persons who would join the Engineering Section were nomin- 

 ated and formally elected active members of the Society : 



W. M. Albaugh, 

 Houston Barnard, 

 John Bisgood, 

 F. A. Brotsch, 

 LeGrand Brown, 

 Robert Cartwright, 

 Gates A. Clark, 

 Edwin A. Fisher, 

 Fred Force Gordon, 

 William C. Gray, 

 Horatio Jones, 

 William F. Jordan, 

 Alfred C. Lewerenz, 

 William S. McMillan, 



C. N. MUNGER, 



Clarence R. Neher, 



H. T. Powell, 



Jacob M. C. Quarle de Quarles, 



Charles L. Raymond, 



Stuart Ely Sill, 



John F. Skinner, 



William J. Stewart, 



William R. Storey, 



Gaylord Thompson, 



George S. Tibbits, 



Frank H. Clement, 



Frank W. Bristow, 



John A. Davis. 



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The following preamble and resolutions were presented by Mr. 

 Y. McClintock : 



" Whereas, A joint Legislative Committee appointed to con- 

 sider which of the present State Commissions could be properly 

 dispensed with has reported in favor of abolishing the State 

 Weather Bureau, and 



" Whereas, Such Bureau has been of great value to the State 

 during the years of its existence, and 



" Whereas, It having been of little expense to the State, most 

 of the work being performed by voluntary observers, it is believed 

 that the report of the Joint Committee must be based upon a mis- 

 conception as to the work of this Bureau, and its value to the 

 State, therefore, 



'^Resolved, That the Secretary of the Rochester Academy of 

 Science be hereby directed to send a copy of this resolution to the 

 Senator and Members of Assembly from this County, requesting 



