GENERAL MEETING. 47 
2940H MEETING. DECEMBER 18, 1886. 
THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 
The President in the Chair. 
The minutes of the 292d and 293d meetings were read and ap- 
proved. . 
The Chair read the order of business as prescribed by the Stand- 
ing Rules. 
The Secretary read the minutes of the fifteenth annual meeting. 
' The Chair announced the election to membership of Messrs. 
JosEePpH CLAYBAUGH GorDon, NeLtson Horatio Darton, MAr- 
SHALL McDonaup, Witi14mM LEE TRENHOLM, and WILLIAM 
Francis HILLEBRAND. 
The annual report of the Secretaries was read. [See page xxrx.] 
The annual report of the Treasurer was read [see page xxx] and 
referred to an Auditing Committee, consisting of Messrs. R. 8. 
Woodward, 8S. M. Burnett, and J. H. Kidder. 
The Treasurer read the list of members entitled, under Standing 
Rule 14, to vote for officers. 
After a recess of five minutes, the Society proceeded to the elec- 
tion of officers for the year 1887. [The result of the election ap- 
pears on page Xv. | 
The following amendment to the Constitution was offered by 
Mr. W. H. Dall, and laid on the table, as required by Article VI 
of the Constitution. 
In Article III insert, after “ consisting of,” the words the ex-prest- 
dents of the Society. 
In Article IV insert, before “other members,” the word nine. 
[The effect of the amendment is to make ex-presidents of the Society 
permanent members of the General Committee. ] 
The rough minutes of the meeting were then read, and the Society 
adjourned. 
