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A standing committee of three was, on motion, appointed to re- 

 ceive questions and present them, if, after due examination, they 

 shall jQnd that the discussion of said questions will not be preju- 

 dicial to the rights of individuals. 



Moved and carried, that the first question, being that proposed 

 by Mr. A H. Everett, be taken up as the subject of discussion at 

 next meeting; this was, however, reconsidered at the request of 

 the mover, as it was believed that the discussion of this at present 

 would be injurious to the inventor of the plan, and the second 

 question, that offered by Mr, E. A. Serrell, was then fixed upon. 



The Chair named Messrs. J. K. Fisher, S. H. Maynard, S. W. 

 Serrell, as the standing committee on the subject of questions. 



Many gentlemen present handed in their names as desirous of 

 being considered members of the Club, after which the meeting 

 was declared adjourned to the first Monday in Eebruary. 



S. H. MAYNARD, Secretary, 



February 5, 1855. 

 A meeting of the Mechanics' Club of the American Institute, 

 was held this day, Monday, Feb. 5, at 7| o'clock. 



Robert L. Pell, President of the Institute in the Chair. Henry 

 Meigs, Secretary pro tempore. 



The secretary read the following proceedings of the committee 

 of Manufactures, Science and the Arts, appointing a permanent 

 chairman and secretery. 



A meeting of the committee of Manufactures, Science and Arts, 

 was held this day, Thursday, Feb. 1, 1855. 



Present — Messrs. James Renwick, Edwin Smith and John J. 

 Mapes. 



Professor Renwick in the chair, and John W. Chambers, sec- 

 retary. 



