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The following papers were presented : 



Relation of the State Academy to the Natural History Survey 

 of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. — Frank C. Baker. 



Farm Water Supplies. — Edward Bartow. 



President Chamberlin made an announcement concerning the 

 publication of the transactions, requesting all who were taking 

 part in the program to send copies or abstracts of their papers 

 to the secretary, inasmuch as it is desirable to have a record of 

 these papers to show the subject matter considered and the con- 

 dition of science in the State at the present time. He expressed 

 the hope that means for publication would be provided by the 

 state legislature, as was customary in other states. 



The chairman of the committee on membership presented an 

 additional list of names and they were voted in. 



It was voted upon motion of H. F. Bain that the chairman ap- 

 point a committee of five on the collection of drill records. 



On motion of S. A. Forbes, the following resolution was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That scientific organizations which enter into rela- 

 tions of affiliations with the Academy may each nominate one 

 of its members to be a member of the Academy Council, who 

 shall have the right to vote on questions specifically relating to 

 matters covered by the terms of their affiliation, but not on other 

 business. 



On motion of H. F. Bain, it was voted to invite appropriate 

 organizations to select some member of their company to repre- 

 sent them on the Academy Council while an ecological survey of 

 the State is being made. 



A symposium on "The Atmosphere," was participated in by 

 T. C. Chamberlin, Albert P. Carman, H. C. Cowles, John M. 

 Coulter, VVm. A. Noyes, Chas. E. M. Fischer, H. Foster Bain. 



The meeting was then adjourned. 



