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For the same Committee, to continue the Card Catalogue 



of Pktes glOO 



For the Committee of Arrangements, this sum to cover 



all extraordinary expenses of said Committee. . 300 



For the Committee on Publication and Discussion, includ- 

 ing the income of the John Lewis Russell fund, . 300 



For the compensation of the Secretary and Librarian, 1,500 



These appropriations were uuauimously voted. 



The appropriation of §6,800, for Prizes and Gratuities for the 

 year 1891, recommended by the Executive Committee at the meet- 

 ing on the first Saturday in November, came up for final action 

 and was unanimously voted. 



The Executive Committee also reported approval of the addi- 

 tional appropriation for the Flower Committee of 1890, voted by 

 the Society at the meeting on the first Saturday in October, with 

 the substitution of 8272, in the place of S300, as it appeared from 

 the Report of the Committee that the lesser amount is sufficient. 

 This appropriation also was voted. 



The Executive Committee also reported the appointment of 

 Charles E. Richardson as Treasurer and Superintendent of the 

 Building, and Robert Manning as Secretary and Librarian. 



The Executive Committee also reported, in regard to the Circu- 

 lars concerning the Preservation of Beautiful and Historical 

 Places in Massachusetts, referred to that Committee by the Society 

 at its last meeting, a recommendation that the Society' pass the 

 following vote : 



Voted, That this Societ}' expresses its hearty approval of the 

 movement for the Preservation of Beautiful and Historical Places 

 in Massachusetts, and will cooperate therein, and that a request be 

 made that this Society be named in the act of incorporation to be 

 asked for, for this purpose, and that the Society be represented 

 by the President at such hearings as may be held at the State 

 House on the subject. 



This vote was unanimously passed. 



Joseph H. Woodford moved that the Chairmen of the Commit- 

 tees on Plants, Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables Ite paid 8100 each, 

 per annum. This motion was withdrawn by the mover in favor of 



