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ARTICLE X. AMENDMENT Oil ALTERATION OF BY-LAWS. 



Swcriox 47. The By-laws maybe altered, repealed or amended by 

 the votes of two-thirds of the members present and voting, at a Reg- 

 ular Meeting, notice of the proposed alteration, repeal oiwiiendment, 

 having been given in writing at a previous Regular Meeti,. 



The SECRETARY announced the following correspon- 

 dence : 



From American Antiquarian Society, Jan. 22; E. T. W. Baker, Dorchester, Feb. 

 11; S, G. W. Benjamin, Boston, Jan. 25, Feb. 9; X. H. Chamberlain, Cambridge, 

 Feb. 9; C. F. Crocker, Lawrence, Feb. 11; Frank M. Etting, Philadelphia, Penn., 

 Feb. 10; V. A. de Gourguez. Bordeaux, Jan. 25; R. M. C. Graham, New York, 

 Jan. 21; J. C. Holmes, Detroit, Mich., Jap. 4; T. H. Johnson, Jan. 6; D. B.Kim- 

 ball, Jan. 4; A. R. Knight, Dec. 27; E. I). Marchant, Boston, Feb. 17; John T. 

 Moulton, Lynn, Jan. 4, Feb. 18; J. Munsell, Albany, N. Y., Jan. 29; J. D. Philbrick, 

 Boston, Dec. 30; Rantoul Literary Society, Rantoul, 111., Jan. 19; E. P. Robinson, 

 Sangus, Feb. 11; John Robinson, Jan. 19; St. Petersburg, Jardin Imperial de 

 Botnnique, Den. 19; Salem, Ladies Centennial Committee, Jan. 8; Horace N. 

 Smith, Jan. 5; M. E. Williams, Jan. 27. 



The LIBRARIAN reported the following additions : 



By Donation. 



BLECK, E. F., OF BETHLEHEM, PA. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 9. 



CUTLER, A. E., OF CHARLESTOWN, MASS. Report of the Managers of the Win- 

 chester Home Corporation, Jan., 1876. 8vo pamph. 



FROTHINGHAM, RICHARD. The Battle Field of Bunker Hill. 8vo pamph. 



GREEN, S. A., OF BOSTON, MASS. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 8. 



HOLMES, JOHN C., OF DETROIT, MICH. The Detroit Conglomeration, Jan. 31, 

 Feb. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 1870. 



HUMPHREYS, A. A. OF WASHINGTON, D. C. Report of the Chief of Engineers, 

 1S75. Vols. I, II. 2 vols., 8vo. 



HUNT, MRS. T. U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition. 2 vols., 4to. Report on 

 the U. S. and Mexican Boundary. 1 vol., 4to. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 50. 



HUNT, T. F. Log Books, 2. 



KIMBALL, JAMES: Dialogues on Theology, by D. N. Prime. 1 vol., 12mo. Cape 

 Ann Advertiser, Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 1876. 



LEE. FRANCIS H. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 45. 



MANNING, R. C. Boston Advertiser for Jan., 1876. 



PALFRAY, C. W. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 58. 



ROBINSON, JOHN. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 112. 



1 HOMPSON, CHAS. P., M. C. Wilson's Report on the Credit Mobiler. 1 vol., 8vo. 

 Report Poland Committee. 1 vol., 8vo. Smithsonian Report, 1874. 1 vol., 8vo. 

 Report of the Commisbioner of Education, 1871. 1 vol., Svo. 



U. S. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. Astronomical and Meteorological Observations 

 for 1873. 1 vol. 4to. 



WATERS. J. L. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 15. 



WILLIAMS, JAMES, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO. Report of the Auditor of State, 1875. 

 1 vol., Svo. 



