TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, April 6, 1878. 



A dul}' notified stated meeting was holden at 11 o'clock, Presi- 

 dent Gray in the chair. 



The President announced that the Flower Committee had or- 

 ganized by the choice of William H. Spoouer as Chairman, 



On recommendation of the Executive Committee, William Bull, 

 of Chelsea, England, and Isidor Bush, of Bushberg, Missouri, were 

 chosen Corresponding Members of the Society. 



The President, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, 

 reported a recommendation that the Society appropriate three 

 hundred dollars to meet the expenses of the Committee of Arrange- 

 ments for the current year, and one thousand dollars to the Com- 

 mittee on Publication, for the publication of the History of the 

 Society. These appropriations were voted on separately, and were 

 unanimousl}^ passed. 



On motion of Marshall P. Wilder, the subject of the celebration 

 of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Society was referred to the Exec- 

 utive Committee, with full powers. 



Marshall P. Wilder, in some appropriate remarks, announced the 

 death of Hon. Willard C. Flagg, of Moro, Illinois, a Corresponding 

 Member of the Society, and moved the appointment of a committee 

 to prepare memorial resolutions. The Chair appointed Marshall P. 

 Wilder, Charles M. Hovey, and Robert Manning, as that Com- 

 mittee.' 



Adjourned to Saturday, Ma}' 4. 



