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[May 16, 



out of the proceeds of the investment held by them such sums as will be 

 necessary to pay for the addition and improvement to the present Hall of 

 the Society, so as to make it a fire-proof building. 



Resolved, That the Trustees of the Building Fund of the American 

 Philosophical Society are hereby authorized and directed to sell and dis- 

 pose of the City Loans and other securities held by them, and to make 

 and execute the necessary transfers and assignments thereof so as to vest 

 in the purchasers a full title to said securities. 



The Committee on the Franklin Centennial Commemora- 

 tion reported that it had duly taken place, and presented bills 

 amounting to $258.93, which were ordered to be paid, and on 

 motion the Committee was discharged. 



The Special Committee on the Purchase of the Baird Por- 

 trait reported progress and was continued. 



The Society adopted the following resolution reported from 

 Council : 



Resolved, That hereafter 250 copies of "separata" of papers published 

 in the Proceedings be furnished to the author if requested by him, and 

 that Council recommends that the Society should request the Secretaries 

 to inquire how far it would be practicable in the present state of its 

 finances to adopt a resolution to issue the Proceedings more frequently 

 than at present. 



All other business having been finished, the Tellers counted 

 the ballots cast for the respective candidates and reported the 

 result to the President, who declared the following to have 

 been duly elected to membership in the Society : 



2179. Prof. George S. Fullerton, Philadelphia. 



2180. Eobert Patterson Field, Philadelphia. 



2181. Rev. Heman L. Wayland, D.D., Philadelphia. 



2182. Charles Godfrey Leland, London. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



