A]SrNTJAL MEETING. 



In accordance with the provisions of chapter IV. of the 

 by-laws, the Board met at the office of the secretary, in Bos- 

 ton, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1900, at 11 o'clock a.m., it being 

 the Tuesday preceding the second Wednesday of January. 

 The meeting was called to order by Secretary Stockwell. 

 In the absence of the president and first vice-president, the 

 second vice-president, Mr. E. W. Wood, was called to the 

 chair. 



Present: Messrs. Allen, F. H. Appleton, J. S. Appleton, 

 Avery, Baker, Barrus, Barton, Brewster, Bursley, Clark, 

 Crane, Damon, Danforth, Davis, Ellsworth, Goodell, Good- 

 speed, Hall, Hersey, Horton, Howard, Kilbourn, Lloyd, 

 Pratt, Eeed, Richardson, Sargent, Smith, Stockwell, Thayer, 

 Thurston, Whitmore, E. E. Wood and E. W. Wood. 



The records of the public winter meeting and of the 

 special meeting of the Board at Westfield were read and 

 approved. 



The records of the executive committee, acting for the 

 Board, were read by the secretary and approved, and the acts 

 of the committee were adopted as the actions of the Board. 



The executive committee, as committee on credentials, by 

 Mr. W. A. Kilbourn, reported the list of qualified members 

 of the Board for 1900. The newly elected members are as 

 follows : — 



Amesbury and Salisbury Society, F. W. Sargent of Amesbury. 

 Berkshire Society, Wesley B. Barton of Dalton. 

 Blackstone Valley Society, Samuel B. Taft of Uxbridge. 



