KIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 
BOARD OF MANAGERS 
HE Eighth Annual Meeting of the Board of Man- 
agers ‘of the American Bison Society was held at 
the American Museum of Natural History, New York 
City, on Thursday, January 8, 1914, at 2 P. M. 
Present were President Hooper (in the chair), Dr. 
Palmer, Prof. Osborn, Mr. J. A. Loring, and the Sec- 
retary. 
The minutes of the Seventh Annual Meeting were 
read and approved. 
President Hooper then yielded the chair to Dr. Pal- 
mer, and placed in nomination for President of the 
Society Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn. The Secretary 
renominated President Hooper. On motion of the lat- 
ter the Secretary was instructed to cast one ballot for 
Prof. Osborn, who was accordingly declared elected. 
Dr. William T. Hornaday and Dr. John C. Phillips 
were elected First and Second Vice-President, respec- 
tively. 
The Secretary was re-elected, but he announced 
that he could not serve after the expiration of the year 
just beginning. 
Mr. Clark Williams was unanimously re-elected as 
Treasurer. 
The Executive Committee was named as follows: 
Dr. T. 8S. Palmer, Prof. F. W. Hooper, Dr. William 
T. Hornaday, Mr. H. A. Edwards, Mr. Edmund Sey- 
mour. The President and Seer etary are ex-officio mem- 
bers, according to the constitution. 
Prof. Hooper then stated three objects which, in 
his opinion, should be worked for during the coming 
year: (1) Co-operation with the National Government 
in the establishment of a herd of bison in Sully’s Hill 
National Park, North Dakota, by transferring at least 
five bison from the Yellow stone National Park Her d, 
the Society furnishing at least five animals from other 
sources. (2) The establishment of a State Game Pre- 
serve in the Adirondacks or Catskills on State land, 
with the understanding that the American Bison So- 
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