I9I3-] MINUTES. in 



MINUTES. 



Stated Meeting January ^, ipiS- 



William W. Keen, M.D., LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



Thanks were received from the Naturwissenschaftliche Verein 

 fiir Steiermark for the Society's friendly good wishes upon the 

 occasion of, and for the sending of a delegate to, its Semi- 

 Centenary. 



Professor Herbert Weir Smyth presented an obituary notice of 

 Professor William Watson Goodwin. 



The following papers were read : 



" The Historic Value of Old Law Books," by Hampton L. Car- 

 son, Esq. 



" Place and Personal Names of the Gosiute Indians of Utah," 

 by Ralph V. Chamberlin (introduced by the Secretaries). 



The Judges of the Annual Election of Officers and Councillors 

 held on this day between the hours of two and five in the afternoon, 

 reported that the following named members were elected, according 

 to the Laws, Regulations and Ordinances of the Society, to be the 

 officers for the ensuing year : 



President^ 

 William W. Keen. 



Vice-Presidents, 



William B. Scott, 

 Albert A. Michelson, 

 Edward C. Pickering. 



Secretaries, 



I. Minis Hays, 

 Arthur W. Goodspeed, 

 Amos P. Brown, 



