2 1 8 Pro ceedings 



Officers elected as follows : 



President, - - - _ _ _ Professor N. H. WinchelL 



Vice President, - - - - Dr. D. T. AlacDongal. 



Recording Secretary,- - - - A. D. Roe. 



Corresponding Secretary, - - C. P. Berkey. 



Treasurer, ------- E. C. Gale. 



^. ^ , . { E. C. Gale, 



irustees for three vears, - s r- t-» t^ i 



\ C. P. Berkey. 



Trustee to succeed H. W. Smith Dr. H. T. Eddy. 

 241st Meeting, April 5, 1898. 



Nine persons present. 



Vice President MacDougal presiding. 



G. B. Alton, U. S. Cox, and C. E. Bond were elected to 

 membership. 



A box of specimens and a letter from Hon. Frank Ives, 

 with promise of his report as delegate to the International 

 Congress of Geologists at St. Petersburg, was duly received 

 and ordered acknowledged. 



The following amendment to Section I, Article I of the 

 By-Laws, duly announced at the last meeting, was adopted. 

 ''The annual meeting of the Academy shall be held on the first 

 Tuesday after the first Monday in January. The regular 

 meetings of the Academy shall be held on the first Tuesday 

 after the first Monday in the months of January, April and 

 October in each year. Five members shall constitute a 

 quorum." 



The invitation of the Mankato Board of Trade to hold a 

 special meeting of the Academy in that city was accepted ; 

 a committee, Drs. MacDougal and Sardeson, was empowered 

 to use what money was necessary up to $25, for incidental ex- 

 penses. 



242d Meeting, January 3, 1899. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



Twelve persons present; Vice President MacDougall pre- 

 sided. 



The following were elected to membership : 



Dr. J. K. Hosmer and F. J. Warvelle of Minneapolis. 



