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At the same meeting the following amendment to the Rules of 

 the Section was adopted : 



" The Annual Election of officers shall be held upon the third 

 Monday of January in each year." 



At the meeting of June i6, the resignation of J. Y. McClintock 

 as Recorder of the Section was presented. 



Upon motion of Mr. Putnam, seconded by Mr. Thompson, it 

 was resolved: "That Mr. McClintock's resignation be accepted 

 and a vote of thanks tendered him for his services as Recorder. ' ' 



Upon motion of Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Thompson, it 

 was resolved: "That Mr. John F. Skinner be Recorder of the 

 Section for the remainder of the year." 



During the year the following papers have been read before the 

 Section : 



"Repairs to Asphalt Pavement," H. T. Powell. 



" Electrolysis of Water Pipes," E. Kuichling. 



" Electric Towage on the Erie Canal," C. N. Pratt. 



" Modern Electric Railway Construction," LeGrand Brown. 



" Street Railway Tracks," Houston Barnard. 



' ' Mechanical Preservation of Railroad Ties, ' ' 



* Clarence R. Neher. 



"The Theory of Weir Measurements," John F. Skinner. 



"Lot Lines," Wm. R. Storey. 



" A Proposed Regulation as to the Acceptance of Private Streets 

 by a City," Wm. J. Stewart. 



" Engineering Practice in Florida, with Special Reference to the 

 Preservation of Timber," A. J. Grant. 



On July 18, fifteen members of the Section, and eighteen visitors, 

 made an excursion to Portage over the Western New York and Penn- 

 sylvania Railroad. 



The following named members attended : Messrs. Barnard, 

 Bristow, Brotsch, Brown, Cartwright, Fairchild, Fisher, Hotchkin, 

 Jordan, Kenyon, Munger, Neher, Putnam, Skinner and Thompson. 

 Among the visitors were a number of ladies ; also Messrs. Kenyon 

 and Hebard from the City Engineer's office ; Mr. A. J. Grant, for- 

 merly Superintendent of the Sanford & St. Petersburg Railroad, 

 Florida, and Prof. C. D. Marx, who occupies the Chair of Civil 

 Engineering at the Leland Stanford Jr. University. The Portage 



26 Pro. Roch. Acad, of Sc, Vol. 3, .\pril 17, 1906. 



