1891.] 



83 



J. Sergeant Price, Esq., and Dr. Persifor Frazer were ap- 

 pointed by the Chair as tellers to conduct the said election ; 

 who, after the polls had been closed, reported to the President 

 that Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., had received 39 votes, and Mr. 

 Benjamin Smith Lyman, 31 votes ; whereupon the President 

 declared Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., to have been duly elected 

 Librarian of the Society for the ensuing year. 



[Secretary Phillips being present and not voting.] 

 On motion, the President was authorized to appoint at his 

 leisure the Standing Committees of the Society, which he sub- 

 sequently selected, as follows : 



Finance. 

 William B. Kogers, Philip C. Garrett, Charles S. Wurts. 



Hall. 

 J. Sergeant Price, William A. Ingham, Charles A. Oliver. 



Publication. 



Daniel G. Brinton, George H. Horn, Samuel Wagner, 

 Patterson DuBois, Horace Jayne. 



Library. 



Edwin J. Houston, William V. McKean, William John Potts, 

 Jesse Y. Burk, William H. Greene. 



The Committee on the Paper of Dr. J. Lindahl reported the 

 same to be worthy of publication, which was so ordered, and 

 the Committee was discharged. 



Prof. Cope's Committee and Mr. Arthur Biddle's Committee 

 reported progress and were continued. 



Pending nomination, No. 1217, and new nominations, Nos. 

 1218 and 1219, were read. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



