FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING 



Hr'HE Fifth Annual Meeting of The American Bison 

 Vll/ Society was held at the American Museum of 

 Natural History, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 1911, at 10.30 a.m. 



Acting President Hooper was in the chair, and 

 among those present were: Dr. T. S. Palmer, Messrs. 

 Stonebridge, Baynes, Wilhams, Bridgeman, Brinsmade, 

 Whitney and Wharton. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and 

 approved. 



The Treasurer then read his report, and it was re- 

 ferred to an Auditing Committee consisting of Messrs. 

 Stonebridge and Bridgeman. 



The Secretary read the report of former President 

 Hornaday, which was in the form of a letter to the 

 Secretary, and it was voted to publish it in full in the 

 Fourth Annual Report of the Society. 



The Secretary then read the letter of resignation 

 of Dr. Hornaday as President of the Society. On motion 

 of Dr. Palmer it was voted to accept it with regret, and 

 the Secretary was instructed to communicate to Dr. 

 Hornaday the grateful appreciation of the Society for 

 his untiring services. 



Acting President Hooper then read his report. He 

 referred to the failure to arrange a summer meeting, 

 by reason of the inability of Colonel Roosevelt to attend. 

 He stated that the correspondence he had carried on 

 regarding the possible establishment of State herds in 

 the West had disclosed a general opposition to the ex- 

 penditure of State funds or the use of State lands for 

 this purpose. In general. United States ownership was 

 favored by State officials, and it was urged upon him 

 to make a proposition to Secretarj^ Wilson that the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture should be empowered to establish 

 herds in various States. In New York matters were in 

 statu quo. Professor Hooper then paid a tribute to the 

 splendid work of Dr. Hornaday, especially in the founding 



