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disoussed, but action was deferred until the next 

 annual meeting. 



20. Committee on Bibliography of Science. — The 

 permanent secretary read a letter from the chair- 

 man of this committee, Dr. C. B. Davenport, in 

 lieu of a formal report. No action was taken. 



21. Publication of Proceedings. — Plans for the 

 publication (membership list) were discussed and 

 it was decided to ask all members for the infor- 

 mation needed in the preparation of the next mem- 

 bership list, this request to be made at the time 

 the statements for the 1921 dues are sent out. It 

 was decided that members who remit $1 extra for 

 the Proceedings before the book goes to press 

 may receive it at this price. After the book goes 

 to press the price is to be $1.50. The price to non- 

 members is to be $1.50. It is planned to publish 

 about March or April, 1921. 



22. Terms of Office of Members of this Com- 

 mittee. — Attention was drawn to the fact that the 

 terms of elected members of this committee elected 

 at the St. Louis meeting, had not been determined. 

 This matter was taken up and lots were drawn, 

 giving the following terms of office: 



For the year 1920: Mr. Osborn and Mr. Mac- 



Dougal; 

 For the years 1920 and 1921: Mr. Flexner and 



Mr. Humphreys; 

 For the years 1920, 1921 and 1922 : Mr. Cattell and 



Mr. Ward; 

 For the years 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923: Mr. 



Noyes and Mr. FairchUd. 



23. Plan^ for Chicago Meeting. — It was decided 

 that the official period of the Chicago meeting shall 

 be December 27, 1920, to January 1, 1921, inclu- 

 sive. On motion duly made and seconded, it was 

 decided that the next council meeting shall be 

 called for Tuesday, December 28, at 2. The gen- 

 eral session is scheduled for the evening of Tues- 

 day, December 28. 



It was emphasized that a strong campaign for 

 new members in the Chicago region should be car- 

 ried out before the meeting by the local committee. 



24. Interpretation of New Fiscal Year. — It was 

 decided that members joining the association may 

 defer the begimiing of their membership and the 

 beginning of the subscription to the journal until 

 the beginning of the next year, if they .so specify 

 at the time dues are paid. (This action seems de- 

 sirable on account of the fact that members enter- 

 ing between the time of the annual meeting and the 

 beginning of the next fiscal year — October 1 — do 

 not receive the privileges of any annual meeting if 

 their dues are credited to the current fiscal year.) 



25. Election of Members under the New Consti- 

 tiition. — On motion duly made and seconded the 

 permanent secretary was authorized to employ a 

 card method for handling applications for member- 

 ship without the requirement of two sponsors which 

 has hitherto been in effect. The permanent secre- 

 tary was authorized to act as a sub-committee on 

 the election of members to the association after 

 proper application and remittances has been re- 

 ceived. 



26. Election of Fellows. — As stated above (No. 

 14), 73 fellows were elected from the Southwest- 

 ern Division. Eighty-one fellows were elected from 

 the American Society of Zoologists. 



The procedure to be followed in the election of 

 fellows under the provision of the new By-Laws 

 (Art. II., See. 4) was discussed, and it was decided 

 that the secretaries of the sections of the associa- 

 tion shall furnish the permanent secretary with a 

 list of nominations for fellowship, at least once 

 each year, the data for this list having been ob- 

 tained from the secretaries of the affiliated societies 

 concerned. 



27. Affiliation of Societies. — The permanent sec- 

 retary was instructed to prepare a list of scientific 

 societies that presimiably should be affiliated with 

 the association, but which are not now affiliated, to 

 the epd that the affiliation of these societies may be 



28. Affiliation of Academies. — Mr. Ward pre- 

 sented a report on this subject. 



29. Office Equipment. — The permanent secretary 

 was authorized to proceed with the geographic 

 classification of the members and other related 

 projects. 



The committee adjourned at 11.07 to meet in 

 New York at 11 o'clock on October 17, 1920. 



Burton E. Livingston, 

 Permanent Secretary 



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