368 



[Dec. 



Wissenschaften, Berlin, Prussia ; Nassauische Verein fiir Natur 

 kunde, Wiesbaden, Prassia ; Biblioteca N. C. di Firenze 

 Italia; Marquis de Nadaillac, M. Levasseur, Paris, France 

 Meteorological Office, London, England ; Dr. Isaac Roberts 

 Starfield, Crowborough, Sussex, England ; Royal Observatory 

 Cape of Good Hope, Africa ; H. G. Pearson Memorial Com 

 mittee. New York ; American Academy of Medicine, Ba&ton 

 Pa.; Miss Elizabeth Harvey Morison, Philadelphia; Commit 

 tee on Finance, Washington, D. C. ; Public Library, Cincinnati 

 O. ; Director of the Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 111. 

 Direccion General de Estadistica, Mexico, Mexico; Agricultural 

 Experiment Stations, New Haven, Conn., Byran, Tex., 

 Auburn, Ala. 



Mr. Charles A, Rutter presented to the Cabinet, through 

 Dr. J. C. Morris, photographs of the Mexican Sacrificial Stone 

 and Mexican Calendar Stone. 



Dr. Charles S. Dolley read an obituary notice of the late 

 John M. Maisch. 



The following deaths were announced : 



Rev. James McCosh (Princeton, N. J.), November 16, 1894, 

 set. 83. 



Hon. Robert C. Winthrop (Boston^ Mass.), November 16, 

 1894, set. 85. 



The following amendments to the Laws laid over from the 

 last meeting were considered and being put to a vote were 

 carried unanimously, a constitutional quorum being present 

 and voting. 



Sections 9 and 10, Chapter I, were put to a vote and carried as follows : 

 " Section 9. Such members as reside within ihirti/ miles of the hall ot 

 the Society, and such otlier members as desire to vote at the meetings and 

 elections, shall pay an admission fee of ten dollars, and annually there- 

 after, on the first Friday of January, a contribution of five dollars. The 

 payment of one hundred dollars at one time, by a member not in arrears, 

 shall exempt him from all future annual payments. 



"Section 10. Members-elect residing within thirty miles of the hall 

 shall lose the right of membership unless they subscribe the Laws and 

 pay their admission fee within one year after their election. Any mem- 

 ber liable to an annual contribution, who shall neglect or refuse to pay 

 the same for the term of two years, shall be notified by the Treasurer in 



