That the Executive Cemmittee be authorized to expend 

 a sum not to exceed $5,Q&0> of which $2,000 may, if 

 considered necessar}^, be taken from, the general funds of 

 the Society, for the purchase of bison iot place upon a 

 range which may be set aside by the State of New York. 



Voted: That the suggestion of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, in his letter of Nov. 29, 1910, to Dr. Horna- 

 day, that 'Tt would be desirable to have at least one 

 other Government herd at some point in North or South 

 Dakota in the region formerly occupied by the great herd 

 which ranged over the northern plains," be referred to 

 the Executive Committee with power to investigate its 

 practicability. 



On request of Mr. Baynes, the Secretary read some 

 correspondence with Colonel Goodnight and Fleming & 

 Co., his fiscal agents, regarding the incorporation of his 

 ranch, but no action was taken. 



The condition of the Philip herd at Fort Pierre, 

 South Dakota, was then discussed at some length. Dr. 

 Palmer stated that it was generally understood that the 

 herd was increasing too fast for the area of available 

 grazing land, and that some time ago Congress authorized 

 the Secretary of Agriculture to lease to Mr. Philip some 

 10,000 acres of government land within certain lines 

 for the maintenance of his herd. Owing to the inaccessi- 

 bility of this area, however, Mr. Philip has never availed 

 himself of this opportunity. Dr. Palmer suggested that 

 any member of the Board of Managers happening to be 

 in that section of the country should look into the present 

 status of this matter. 



On motion of Dr. Palmer it was voted: That the 

 Secretary be requested to secure from Mr. Gilbert, of 

 Friend, Neb., all information possible regarding the herd 

 which he has so generously willed to this Society, and 

 his wishes as regards its disposition, and to convey to 

 Mr. Gilbert the grateful thanks of the Society for his gift. 



On motion of Mr. Baynes, the Secretary was re- 

 quested to publish in the next Annual Report a map 

 showing the location of the various bison herds in the 

 United States. 



