1891.] 



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The report of the judges and clerks of the annual election 

 was submitted, and the following members were declared the 

 Officers and Council of the Society for the year 1891 : 



President. 

 Frederick Fraley. 



Vice- Presidents. 

 E. Otis Kendall, Dr. Ruschenberger, J. P. Lesley. 



Secretaries. 



George F. Barker, Daniel G. Brinton, Henry Phillips, Jr., 

 George H. Horn. 



Curators. 

 Patterson Du Bois, J. Cheston Morris, Richard Meade Bache. 



Treasurer. 

 J. Sergeant Price. 



Councilors (for three years). 



Aubrey H. Smith, George R. Morehouse, Samuel Wagner, 

 William C. Cattell. 



Councilor for two years, in place of Dr. Daniel R. Goodwin, 



deceased. 

 Dr. Charles S. Wurts. 



Nominations for Librarian being in order, Mr. William P. 

 Tatham nominated Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr.; Prof. E. D. Cope 

 nominated Mr. Benjamin Smith Lyman. 



The Secretaries presented a paper by Dr. J. Lindhal on a 

 skull of a Megalonyx leidii, n. sp., for the Transactions. On 

 motion, the communication was referred to a Committee of 

 three members, to be appointed by the President, to examine 

 and report upon. 



(The President subsequently appointed Profs. Leidy, Lesley, 

 and Ileilprin as such Committee.) 



