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a unanimous vote of thanks to Mr. Gill for his 

 valuable and much appreciated services as auditor. 

 The appointment of an auditor for this year was 

 referred to the president and permanent secretary, 

 with power. 



14. Organization of Committee on Grants. — ^It 

 was voted that Committee on Grants shall elect its 

 chairman and secretary. 



15. Pla^e of 19SS-S3 annual meeting. — This was 

 discussed, and Boston was tentatively recom- 

 mended. (The 1921-22 annual meeting is to be 

 held at Toronto.) 



16. Expenses of section secretaries attending an- 

 nual meetings. — It was voted to recommend to the 

 council that Art. X., Sect. 2, of the by-laws be so 

 amended as to authorize the permanent secretary to 

 pay section secretaries who attend annual meet- 

 ings a refund amounting to four cents per mile for 

 the round trip in each case. 



17. Expenses of section secretaries attending the 

 Chicago meeting. — The permanent secretary was 

 authorized to refund to each section secretary at- 

 tending the Chicago meeting a sum amounting to 

 four cents per mile for his round trip. 



18. Expenses of executive committee memiers 

 attending spring and fall committee meetings. It 

 was voted to recommend to the council to take 

 under consideration the amendment of Art. X., 

 Sect. 3, of the by-laws so as to authorize the per- 

 manent secretary to pay executive committee mem- 

 bers attending spring or fall meeting of this com- 

 mittee a refund amounting to four cents per mile 

 for the round trip in each case. 



10. Sonora and Chihuahua. — It was voted to 

 recommend to the council that Art. VI., Sect. 1, of 

 the by-laws be so amended as to remove the Mexi- 

 can states of Sonora and Chihuahua from the 

 province of the Pacific Division and to place them 

 in that of the Southwestern Division. 



20. Benjamin collection of portraits and auto- 

 graphs of association presidents. — It was voted to 

 recommend to the council that it authorize the per- 

 manent secretary to purchase for the association 

 the Benjamin collection of portraits and auto- 

 graphs of the presidents of the association (74 por- 

 traits, each with autograph letter), at a price of 

 $300. 



21. Proposal to inaugurate a section on His- 

 tory of Science. — This action has been recom- 

 mended by a large number of members. The pro- 

 posal was thoroughly discussed but the committee 

 did not feel justified in recommending it, since the 

 proposed section would not be coordinate with the 

 sections already established. It was suggested 



that this very desirable aspect of scientific ad- 

 vancement (which is thoroughly approved by the 

 committee) be organized in the new section L 

 (Historical and Philological Sciences), to which 

 it appears logieaUy to pertain. 



22. Committee vote by mail. — It was voted that 

 Professor Pickering's method for voting by mail 

 be generally used by the permanent secretary when 

 such voting of this committee is requisite. 



23. The Gamma Alpha Graduate Scientific Fra- 

 ternity was made an a£a.liated society by vote of 

 this committee. (It will have two representatives 

 in the association council.) 



24. Affiliation of state academies. — It was voted 

 to extend the special offer on this subject through 

 1921. Academies becoming afBliated before Oc- 

 tober 1, 1921, are to receive from the permanent 

 secretary a payment amounting to one dollar for 

 each academy member who has paid his annual 

 dues ($5) to the association for the year 1921. 



25. Stationery for use of section secretaries. — 

 Proposal that permanent secretary's of&ce furnish 

 uniform stationery to all section secretaries was 

 referred to permanent secretary, with power. 



26. Sectional committee personnel. — It was voted 

 that when an aflUiated society embraces more than 

 a single section of the association, its representa- 

 tives in the association council shall not be mem- 

 bers of any sectional committee. 



27. Bailway rates for annual meetings. — It was 

 voted that the permanent secretary be instructed 

 to investigate the basis on which reduced railway 

 rates are sometimes granted to societies, with the 

 aim of obtaining these rates for annual meetings 

 of the association in the future. (Reduced rates 

 for the Chicago meeting have been denied.) 



The committee adjourned at 4. 



BuKTON E. Livingston, 

 Permanent Secretary 



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