DECEASE OF J. H. BILLINGS AND F. DANA. 67 



BUSINESS mep:ting. 



Saturday, September 5, 1874. 



An adjourned meeting of the society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 President Strong in tlie cliair. 



• Charles 0. Whitmore, chairman of the committee to nominate 

 officers for the year 1875, presented the report of that committee, 

 which was accepted and the committee discharged. 



Marshall P. Wilder announced to the society the decease of 

 Joseph H. Billings, of West Roxbur}^, and Francis Dana, of Rox- 

 bury, and, on motion, Marshall P. Wilder, Edward S. Rand, Jr., 

 and Robert Manning, were appointed a committee to draft appro- 

 priate resolutions. 



Rev. Alexander H, Vinton, D. D., of Boston, 

 E. S. Brownell, of Essex Junction, Vt., 

 Edwin Fletcher, of Acton, 

 Ephraim W. Bull, of Concord, 

 James H. Morton, of Boston, 

 Michael H. Walsh, of Boston, 



were elected to membership. 

 Meetins: dissolved. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, October 3, 1874. 



A stated meeting of the society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 President Strong in the chair. 



Marshall P. Wilder, from the committee, reported the following 

 resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That in the decease of Joseph H. Billings, one of our 

 earnest members, not only this society but the public at large have 

 sustained a great loss. 



