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in order to complete the building and furnish it with all neces- 

 sary appurtenances. He proposed the following resolutions, 

 which were adopted : 



Whereas, by a deed dated June 3, 1872, and recorded on page 263 of the 

 recorder of deeds for the county of St. Louis, James H. Lucas conveyed to 

 the Academy of Science of St. Louis and the Missouri Historical Society 

 a lot of ground as a contribution towards the erection of a building for the 

 occupation and uses of said parties, provided the same were begun within 

 five years from the date of said deed : 



Resolved, i. That, for the purpose of obtaining money for the erection 

 of such a building, the Academy of Science of St. Louis will issue its stock 

 to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars. 



2. That said stock shall be in shares of tsventy-five dollars each, and be 

 paid for in instalments as required from time to time b\- this Society for 

 paying demands made for the erecting of said building. 



3. That in case said lot of ground, after being improved by such a build- 

 ing, shall ever be sold, the proceeds of such sale shall be disposed of as 

 follows, to-wit : — The costs and expenses of such sale shall be first paid 

 therefrom ; next shall be paid therefrom whatever indebtedness may exist 

 which is a lien upon the property; next there shall be reserved therefrom, 

 if enough therefor (and if not enough therefor, then what remains), a sum 

 equal to the value of said lot of ground, to be held and used for the same 

 purposes for which the lot was conveyed bj' said deed. What then remains 

 of said proceeds shall be divided among the owners of said stock ^ro rata. 



4. For the subscription of this stock a book shall be kept open by the 

 Secretary at every meeting of the Academy of Science of St. Louis at its 

 place of meeting, and subscriptions shall also be solicited by advertisement 

 in the city newspapers and by other means as may be from time to time 

 directed. 



Books and exchanges were laid upon the table by the Corre- 

 sponding Secretary, who called especial attention to Leo Lesque- 

 reux's work on the Fossil Flora of the Western Territories, 

 contained in Hayden's Geological Survey of the Territories. 



Mr. Daniel Hough, of Indianapolis, was elected a Correspond- 

 ing Member. 



March i, 1875. 



W. T. Harris, President, in the chair. 



Fourteen members present. 



Mr. Riley, from the Committee on Publication, stated that 

 signature 16 of the Transactions was just off the press, that the 



