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before that date satisfactory proof shall be given to the Society that the 
process of Mr. Wootten has been invented and successfully put in use by 
other parties prior to the date of his patent therefor. 
‘‘Such proot must be in writing and be filed before February 1, 1878, 
with the undersigned, one of the Secretaries of the Society, at the Hall, 
No. 104 South Fifth street, Philadelphia. 
‘‘Tnsert in two daily papers a week for six weeks.” 
The Treasurer having announced to the Society that 
$4,000 of the United States 5-20 loan had been called in— 
On motion, it was 
Resolwed, That the Treasurer of the Society, J. Sergeant Price, be au- 
thorized under the seal of the Society, to sign the necessary transfer of the 
$4,000 U.S. Loan called in by the Government, and receive the proceeds 
thereof. 
Resolved, That the Treasurer be authorized to re-invest the proceeds of 
the U. S. Loan about to be paid off under directions of the Finance Com- 
mittee of the Society. 
The following letter to the Curators respecting the Peale 
Collection was laid before the Society : 
Acap. Nat. SCIENCE, PHILA., October 25, 1877. 
Hector Tyndale, Hsg., Charles M. Cresson, M.D., Curators of the Amer. 
Phil. Society. 
GENTLEMEN :—I have had the pleasure to receive your communication 
of the 18th inst., authorizing the transfer of the Peale Collection of relics 
of the Stone-age to the custody of this Academy, on condition that the said 
collection shall be returned to the American Philosophical Society on 
demand. 
After the transfer has been made a receipt for the collection will be given. 
Very respectfully, 
W. R. W. RUSHENBERGER, 
Pres. Acad. Nat. Sci. of Phila. 
And the meeting was adjourned. 
Stated Meeting, November 16, 1877. 
Present, 16 members. 
Vice-President Mr. Franny in the Chair. 
Visitor Mr. Hendricks. 
A letter was received from the Academy of Natural Sci- 
ences of Philadelphia, announcing that they had received 
