MECHANICS' CLUB. 



Organized March 2, 1854. 



January 23, 1856. 



The first meeting of the season was held on Wednesday, the 

 23d day of January, 1856, at the rooms of the Institute, No. 351 

 Broadway, at Ih o'clock, p. m. 



Present — Messrs. R. L. Pell, Edwin Smith, Barney, Elihu 

 Smith, J. K. Fisher, J. P. Simpson, S. D. Backus, John W. Cham- 

 bers, Wm. G. Creamer, S. H. Maynard — in all 37 members. 



President Pell in the Chair. 



The following rules of the Club were read : 



This Club is under the supervision of the Board of Sciences and 

 Arts. 



RULES ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD, MARCH 2, 1854. 



First — A club for the promotion of manufactures, arts, and for 

 the discussion of mechanical subjects, is created under the name 

 of the Mechanics' Club. 



Second — The Mechanics' Club is an agent of the committee of 

 arts and sciences, and is under its enth-e control, in the same man- 

 ner as the Farmers' Club is of the committee of agriculture. The 

 transactions of the Club are in the name of the American Insti- 

 tute. 



Third — The committee of arts and sciences appoint annually the 

 Chairman and Secretary of the Mechanics' Club. In the absence 

 of the Chairman and Secretary, persons to supply their places 

 will be chosen at the meetings of the Club. 



Fourth — Such papers read at the Mechanics' Clul) as are ac- 

 cepted for that purpose will be printed under the direction, and 

 at tlie expense of the American Institute, which also provides a 

 place of meeting, lights and fires. No other expenses are to be 

 incurred, except by special appropriation of the American Insti- 



