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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE 



That a blank book be provided and placed on the table in which may be written 

 queries on subjects of natural history by any member and such answers as may be given ; 

 unless the latter may be of considerable length, when they may be put on file. 



March 18, 1831. A special meeting of the Society was held to accept the Act of Incor- 

 poration, and to organize under it, which was done. The Constitution and By-laws were 

 re-adopted, the only change made being that of providing that the Annual Meetings of 

 the Society be held on the first Wednesday of May each year, and that stated meetings be 

 held on the first Wednesday of every month. The same officers were elected the preceding 

 year, excepting that Dr. Storer was chosen to fill the place of Theophilus Parsons who had 

 resigned, and J. S. Copley Greene was chosen Curator in the place of B. D. Greene elected 

 President. 



May 4, 1831. In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution as re-adopted in 

 March, the first Annual Meeting, so called, of the Society, was held on this day. As an 

 account of the receipts and expenditures during the period from its organization to this 

 time may interest the present generation of members, the items are recorded and given 

 in full. 



RECEIPTS : Admission of 75 Members 



Tickets sold for Lectures 



EXPENDITURES : Compensation of Lectures ....... 



Fuel, Lights, Advertising and Printing Tickets for Lectures 



Rent of Society Rooms 



Fuel and attendance Society Rooms 



Cabinets $170, and Chairs $14.77 



Other small bills 



Leaving at disposal of the Society 



$375.00 

 600.22 $975.22 



340.00 



86.20 



125.00 



7.00 



184.77 



57.67 $800.64 



$174.58 



The Society proceeded to the choice of officers for the year, and the following named 

 gentlemen were elected : 



Dr. Benj. D. Greene, President. 



Dr. George Hay ward, First Vice-President. 



Dr. John Ware, /Second Vice-President. 



Dr. Gamaliel Bradford, Corresponding Secretary. 



Dr. D. Humphreys Storer, Recording Secretary. 



Simon E. Greene, Treasurer. 



Dr. Seth Buss, Librarian. 



Francis C. Gray, 



Dr. Amos Binney, Jr., 



George B. Emerson, 



CURATORS : 



Dr. Joseph W. McKean, 

 Rev. J. S. Copley Greene, 

 Francis Alger, 



Dr. Joshua B. Flint, 

 Dr. Augustus A. Gould. 



To avoid frequent repetition the names of those elected each year will not be mentioned 

 hereafter, except in a summary of the past officers of the Society at the end of this 



