RliCORDS OF MkKTINCS 83 



Regular ^NIektixg, February 19, 1910 



The meeting was held in the museum, Borough Hall, Xew Brighton. 



In the absence of the president the meeting was called to order by 

 First Vice-president William T. Davis. 



About thirty-eight persons were present. 



On motion the reading of the minutes of the meeting of Januarj' 15, 

 1910, was dispensed with. 



President Howard R. Bayne arrived and took tlic chair. 



The president announced that a movement had recently been started 

 by the Bar Association of the county looking to the transfer of the 

 supreme court from Richmond to St. George, and that the quarters now 

 occupied by the Association of Arts and Sciences might be selected for 

 court purposes, in which event the Association might have to vacate and 

 seek quarters elsewhere. 



Voted: that in the event of the Association being forced to vacate its 

 present quarters in Borough Hall the Board of Trustees be requested to 

 act in the matter so as to safeguard the interests of the Association in 

 such manner as it might deem advisable. 



The curator-in-chief called attention to the Robert P. Dow collection 

 of butterflies, recently accessioned and now on exhibition in the museum ; 

 also to a $1000 six per cent, bond of the Confederate States of America, 

 with all of the coupons attached. loaned for exhibition by Mr. David 'SI. 

 Van Name. 



SciEXTiFic Program 



The program was in charge of the Section of Biology and consisted 

 of addresses illustrated by lantern slides under the management of Mr. 

 Charles A. Ingalls, viz. : 



A Naturalist in North Carolina, by Mr. Charles L. Pollard, describing 

 a trip to various parts of the state during parts of the months of July 

 and August; and Two Seasons' Photographic Work with Sandpipers at 

 Wolfe's Pond, by Mr. Howard H. Cleaves, describing the methods em- 

 ployed in securing snapshot photographs of the birds under various con- 

 ditions (printed in full in this issue, p. 55). 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, March 19, 1910 



The meeting was held in the museum. Borough Hall, New Brighton. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair. 



About sixty-five persons were present. 



The minutes of the meetings of January 15 and February 19, 1910, were 

 read and approved. 



The president announced that the Board of Trustees had discussed the 

 conditions confronting the Association and that lie had introduced in the 



