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Francis II. Apploton, and Benjamin G. Smith. The Committee 

 retired, and after consultation reported the name of AVilliam C. 

 Strong. The report was accepted, and Mr. Strong was unani- 

 mously elected the representative of the Society on the Board of 

 Control of the State Agricultural Experiment Station. 



The meetins: was then dissolved. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, July 7, 1888. 



A duly notified stated meeting of the Society was holden at 11 

 o'clock, the President, IIenuy P. Walcott, in the chair. 



Joseph H. Woodford proposed the following amendment to the 

 Constitution and By-Laws : 



At the beginning of Section XXXIII, strike out the words 

 "Prizes or gratuities may be awarded to any person" and substi- 

 tute the following, — " Prizes may be awarded to any member of 

 the Society' residing in this State, and gratuities ma}- be awarded 

 to any person," the change to take effect on the first day of 

 January, 1889. 



The proposed amendment, having been twice read, was, by a 

 majority vote, ordered to be entered on the records for considera- 

 tion at the stated meeting on the first Saturday in October. 



The following named persons, having been recommended b}' the 

 Executive Committee for membership in the Societ}', were^ on 

 ballot, duly elected : 



Miss Katharine IIorsford, of Cambridge. 

 Mrs. Charles A. Stearns, of East Watertown. 

 George A. White, of Roxbury. 

 John V. N. Stults, of Koxbury. 

 Benjamin W. Crovvninshield, of Boston. 

 Arthur B. Sheud, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. 



Adjourned to Saturday, August 4. 



