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by the Council, and notice of which was mailed by the Secre- 

 tary to each member on April 23, were adopted by a unani- 

 mous vote of the members present. 



By-Laws 18 and 19 were changed respectively to 19, 

 Authority, and 20, Amendments; and the following new 

 By-Law was adopted : — 



XVIII. Sale of Eeal Estate. 



The property conveyed to The Academy of Science of St. Louis on the 

 eighteenth day of March, 1903, by Edgar R. Hoadley and Lavinia L. Hoad- 

 ley, as a gift from Mrs. Eliza McMillan and William N. McMillan, shall not 

 be mortgaged or voluntarily incumbered by the Academy of Science; and 

 the said property shall not be sold, except with the consent of two-thirds 

 of the members of the Academy of Science, obtained by letter ballot, in such 

 manner as may be prescribed by the Council, and, when sold, the proceeds 

 of the sale or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used to provide 

 a suitable location and building for the use of The Academy of Science of 

 St. Louis. 



One person was proposed for active membership. 



May 18, 1903. 



President Eliot in the chair, fifty persons present. 

 Dr. C. Barck gave a detailed account of the Grand Caiion 

 of the Colorado, with lantern illustrations, and reported the 

 first deliberate crossing of the Canon, by Mr. James and 

 himself, in 1901. He stated that, starting from Bass's camp, 

 about twenty-four miles west of the Bright Angel hotel, 

 they had reached " Point Sublime " on the northern rim 

 on the fifth day, after some difficult traveling, the return 

 taking three days. 



Dr. Eobert Luedeking, of St. Louis, was elected to active 

 membership- 

 One person was proposed for active membership. 



June 1, 1903. 



President Eliot in the chair, fifteen persons present. 



Drs. B. M. Bolton and D. L. Harris exhibited sections cut 



