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The amendment to the Constitution and By-Laws recommended 

 by the Committee was, after two readings, approved by a majority 

 vote, and laid over for consideration at the quarterly meeting in 

 October. 



The President, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, 

 reported in regard to limiting the number of annual members of 

 the Society, that subject having been referred to the Committee 

 at the meeting on the Ist of January, that no action was desir- 

 able. 



The Secretary laid before the Society a letter from Charles Gibb, 

 acknowledging and accepting with thanks the Corresponding 

 Membership to which he was elected. 



J. Woodward Manning, of Reading, 



having been recommended by the Executive Committee, was, on 

 ballot, duly elected a member of the Society. 



Adjourned to Saturday, August 6. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 6, 1887. 



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

 the President, Henry P. Walcott, in the chair. 



Agreeably to the Constitution and By-Laws, the President 

 appointed the following Committee to nominate suitable candi- 

 dates for the various offices of the Society for the year 1888 : 



William C. Strong, Chairman ; William H. Spooner, John C. 

 Hovey, Francis H. Appleton, Patrick Norton, George Hill, Samuel 

 Hartwell. 



Charles E. Maxwell, of Boston, 



having been recommended by the Executive Committee as a mem- 

 ber of the Society, was, on ballot, duly elected. 



Adjourned to Saturday, September 3. 



