SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF 

 MANAGERS 



A meeting of the Board of Managers of the American 

 Bison Society was held at the office of Edmund Seymour 

 & Company, 45 Wall St., N. Y., on the 30th day of Jan- 

 uary, 1911, at which a quorum was present, as follows: 

 A. B. Hepburn, Edmund Seymour, Chas. L. Brinsmade, 

 C. H. Stonebridge, Wm. C. Demorest, E. H. Baynes, 

 F. W. Hooper, presiding. 



Mr. Edmund Seymour, in the absence of the Secre- 

 tary, was elected Secretary pro tern. 



The President stated the object of the meeting was 

 to act on an amendment to the Constitution which was 

 presented at the annual meeting of the Board of Managers 

 held on the second Thursday in January, 1911. That 

 the words ''Honorary Members" be inserted in Section 1, 

 Article III of the Constitution after the words ''and 

 Patrons." At the meeting of the Society held the second 

 Thursday in January, the resolution was adopted that the 

 Society establish the degree of Honorary Membership and 

 that such membership should be conferred upon those 

 only who have rendered distinguished services to the 

 Society for the permanent preservation and increase of 

 the American Bison. 



Motion was made by Mr. Stonebridge, seconded by 

 Mr. Brinsmade, that the words "Honorary Members" 

 be inserted after the words "and Patrons" in Article III 

 of the Constitution. After being put by the President, 

 the meeting voted "aye" unanimously. 



Motion was made by Mr. Brinsmade that Dr. Wm. T. 

 Hornaday be made First Honorary Member. Motion 

 being put, all voted "aye." Dr. Hooper then declared 

 Dr. Hornaday elected unanimously the First Honorary 

 Member of the Society. 



Motion was then duly made, seconded and carried, 

 that Dr. Hooper and Edmund Seymour be, by authority 



