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The President, as Chairmau of the Committee on the Revision 

 of the Constitution and By-Laws, presented a majority and a 

 minority report of that Committee. The report having been, 

 agreeabl}' to a vote of the Committee, printed and sent to every 

 member of the Society, it was voted that the reading be by title 

 and that the Secretary state the changes from the Constitution and 

 By-Laws now in force. 



Joseph H. Woodford moved that the report be accepted and the 

 Committee discharged. 



Benjamin P. Ware moved the adoption of the majority report. 



I. Gilbert Robbius moved to adopt the whole report, both 

 majorit}' and minority. After some discussion by Francis H. 

 Appleton, Mr. Robbins, Benjamin P. Ware, William C. Strong, 

 and J. D. W. French, this motion was withdrawn. 



Mr. Robbiiis then moved that the amendments offered by the 

 minority of the Committee be adopted in place of the report of 

 the majority. 



Mr. Woodford moved to amend the motion of Mr. Robbins so 

 that the Superintendent of the Building, and the Librarian should 

 be chosen at the annual election. This amendment was accepted 

 by Mr. Robbins. The vote was then taken on his motion, as 

 amended, and it was negatived. 



Henry P. Walcott moved to amend Section VI, by substituting 

 "second" for "first" in the last line. of the second paragraph; 

 but accepted an amendment substituting "third" instead of 

 "second." Dr. Walcott's motion, as thus amended, was then 

 carried. 



The question was then put on Mr. Ware's motion, viz., that the 

 majority report, as thus amended, be adopted, which was carried, 

 and the revised code was ordered, by a majorit}' vote, to be 

 entered on the records, for final consideration on the first Saturday 

 in July. 



The following named persons having been recommended by the 

 Executive Committee for membership in the Society, were on 

 ballot duly elected. 



Alfred P. Gage, of Arlington, 

 Mrs. Lewis J. Bird, of Roxbury, 

 Charles S. Young, of Newton Centre, 

 Saiviuel Henshaw, of Thompson, Conn. 



Adjourned to Saturday, April 11. 

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