xlvi Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



Messrs. Jesse M. Greenman and Albert E. Taussig 

 were elected to membership. 



December 1, 1913. 



President Engler in the chair; attendance 30. 



Dr. J. M. Greenman addressed the Academy on "The 

 Coastal-Plain Flora of Mexico." 



Professor Wm. H. Eoever spoke on "The Curve of 

 Light on the Dome of the New Roman Catholic Cathe- 

 dral." 



Dr. R. J. Terry, Mr. Otto Widman and Mr. Lewis M. 

 Dougan were elected a committee to nominate officers for 

 1914. 



In accordance with Article XX of the By-Laws the 

 following changes in Articles XV and XVII were voted 

 upon and unanimously adopted: 



By-Law XV, entitled Initiation Fees and Dues, which 

 read :, 



"Resident active members shall pay an initiation 

 fee of five dollars, and annual dues of six dollars, 

 payable at the beginning of each year. Non-resident 

 active members shall pay an initiation fee of five 

 dollars and annual dues of one-half the dues for 

 resident active members, payable at the beginning 

 of each year." 



to read as follows : 



"Annual dues shall be paid at the beginning of each 

 year. Resident active members shall pay annual 

 dues of six dollars, and non-resident active members 

 shall pay annual dues of three dollars. There shall 

 be no initiation fee." 



By-Law XVII, entitled Publications, which read : 



1 ' Patrons and all active members not in arrears shall 

 be entitled to one copy of all the publications of the 

 Academy issued subsequent to their election. Au- 

 thors of papers shall be entitled to twenty extra 

 copies of their individual papers. ' ' 



