348 Association of American G'eologists and Naturalists. 
Resolved, 'That at all future sessions of this Association, the 
various papers read, and reports submitted to the session, shall be 
considered, from the time of their presentation, as the property of 
the Association, and shall be delivered by the author to the sec- 
retary at the time. 
Fesolved, 'That the several committees appointed at the last 
session of the Association, which have not reported or have not 
been remodeled, be continued and their several members be re- 
quested to report at the next session. 
Resolved, That this Association hold its next annual meeting 
at the city of Washington, on the second Wednesday of May, 
1844. 
The following were the officers elected for the next meeting 
of the Association. 
Chairman.—Dr. John Locke, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Secretary.—Dr. David Dale Owen, New Harmony, Indiana. 
Treasurer.—Dr. Douglass Houghton, Detroit, Michigan. 
Local Committee.—Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, Prof. F. Hall,* Fran- 
cis Markoe, Jr., Dr. Chas. Pickering, J. D. Dana. 
Standing Committee.—Same as last year, viz. Prof. E. Hitch- 
cock, Dr. Ducatel, Dr. C. T. Jackson, Dr. L. C. Beck, L. Vanux- 
em, Dr. J. B. Rogers, Prof. J. W. Bailey, Prof. B. Silliman, John 
L. Hayes, Esq. 
Resolved, That hereafter the Seale of each meeting be 
elected at the meeting over which he is to preside. 
Resolved, That the following gentlemen be requested to pre- 
pare reports on the present state of our knowledge on the various 
‘subjects affixed to their several names, and as far as practicable, 
to present them to the Association at its next session. 
On Fossil Corals.—James D. Dana, Dr. A. Clapp, and John 
Gebhard, Jr. 
On Fossil Foot-marks.—Prof. EK. Hitchcock. 
On Fossil Crustacea and Crinoidea.—James Hall. 
On American Fossil Botany.—H. D. Rogers, J. E. Tesche- 
macher, and J. W. Bailey on the microscopic portion. 
On American Forest Trees and their distribution.—Geo. B. 
Emerson. 
On American Cryptogamia.—Rev. Mr. Russel, Mr. Edward 
Tuckerman, Jr. 
* Since deceased. 
