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The Secretary stated that tlie meeting had been duly notified to 

 the members of the Society, agreeably to the Constitution and 

 By-Laws. 



William H. Spooner, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, 

 reported that that Committee had nominated Arthur H. Fewkes as 

 a member of the Committee on Plants, in place of William Robin- 

 son, deceased since the last meeting. The report was accepted. 



Agreeably to the Constitution and By-Laws, the President 

 appointed Azell C. Bowditch, Hon. Aaron Low, and A. A. Kingman 

 a Committee to receive, assort, and count the votes given, and 

 report the number. 



It was voted that the polls remain open two hours. The polls 

 were opened at ten minutes past eleven o'clock. 



The President, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, 

 presented tlie following report : 



At the meeting of the Society on the eleventh of July last, the 

 construction of the vote establishing the compensation of Commit- 

 tees was referred to the Executive Committee. Said vote was 

 passed February 14, 1891, and is as follows : 



" One hundred dollars to each of the six Chairmen, and one 

 dollar each for other members whenever they attend as required 

 by the Schedule, an account to be kept by the Chairman." 



The Executive Committee report that this subject was brought 

 to their attention at their meeting on the 2oth of January last, 

 when they adopted the following vote : 



*' Voted, That in the opinion of the Executive Committee, the 

 construction of the rule is that the one hundred dollars covers all 

 remuneration to the Chairmen of those six Committees." 



The Executive Committee have now to report that at their last 

 meeting, on the 25th of September, the subject was again carefully 

 considered, and that they saw no reason to change the position 

 taken on the 25th of January. 



The report was accepted and adopted. 



Joseph H. Woodford objected to the report, and wished his 

 objection recorded. It is as follows : 



Bv vote of the Society at a previous meeting, voted to pay one 

 hundred dollars for the services of the Chairmen of the working 



