6 SCIENCE 
A. Wilson, Frank Wenner, F. C. Brown, 
KE. A. Harrington, W. J. Fisher. 
The report of the treasurer for 1910 was 
presented by the permanent secretary and 
was accepted and ordered placed on file. 
The financial report of the permanent 
secretary was presented, accepted and 
ordered published. 
Dr. H. E. Summers was elected secretary 
pro tem of the council. 
The following resolutions were adopted: 
1. WHEREAS, the will of the late Jane M. Smith, 
of Pittsburgh, Pa., a former life member of the 
American Association for the Advancement of 
Science, contains the following bequest, namely: 
‘¢Seventeenth: I give and bequeath to the Na- 
tional Geographie Society of Washington, D. C., 
the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000); to the 
American Forestry Association of Washington, 
D. C., the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) ; 
and to the American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science of Washington, D. C., the sum 
of five thousand dollars ($5,000). I hereby direct 
that each of said sums be invested and the net 
income thereof be used for the purpose of creating 
life members of said three organizations in cases 
where worthy and competent persons are not able 
to pay for such memberships. ’’ 
Be it therefore Resolved, That the permanent 
secretary of the association be and hereby is 
authorized to accept from the executors of Jane 
M. Smith, deceased, the legacy of five thousand 
dollars ($5,000) bequeathed by her to the Amer- 
ican Association for the Advancement of Science 
as a fund whose income may be used in the pay- 
ment of life-membership commutations in the 
association. 
Resolved, That this fund be designated as the 
Jane M. Smith Fund of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science. 
Resolved, That said sum of five thousand dol- 
lars ($5,000) or any instalments thereof as they 
may be received, be turned over to the treasurer 
of the association for investment in such manner 
as the council of the association may direct. 
Resolved, That the application of the income 
of the Jane M. Smith Fund in conformity with 
the wishes of the testatrix be determined by the 
council of the association after reference to and 
recommendations from the committee on policy. 
2. WHEREAS, more than fifty per cent. of the 
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injurious insects and plant diseases of first-class 
importance in the United States have been im- 
ported accidentally or in the course of commerce 
from other countries; and 
WHEREAS, the United States of America is the 
only country among the great nations of the world 
which has no national quarantine or inspection 
service looking towards the prevention. of such in- 
troductions: 
Therefore be it Resolved, That in the opinion 
of the American Association for the Advancement 
of Science the passage of a national quarantine 
and inspection law directed against the introduc- 
tion and establishment of injurious insects and 
plant diseases from other parts of the world is a 
great desideratum at the present time. 
The permanent secretary was directed to trans- 
mit copies of this resolution to the president of 
the United States, the president of the senate, the 
speaker of the house and the chairman of the com- 
mittee on agriculture of the house of represen- 
tatives. 
3. Resolved, That the permanent secretary be 
instructed to present for nomination to fellowship 
the names of those members who are members of 
affiliated societies, which have already been desig- 
nated as having qualifications for membership 
equivalent to fellowship in the association. 
4. Resolved, That the council of the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science ap- 
proves the creation of a Bureau of Astronomy 
with a scientific chief, which shall have charge of 
the Naval Observatory and of the Nautical Al- 
manac, and respectfully requests that every en- 
deavor be made to put into operation this plan in 
the interests of astronomy in the United States. 
The permanent secretary is requested to for- 
ward a copy of this resolution to the president of 
the United States, to the president of the senate 
and to the speaker of the house of representatives. 
5. Resolved, That Section I be given permission 
to meet at times and places different from those 
of the general association, whenever the sectional 
committee and the committee on policy so agree. 
6. Resolved, That the treasurer of the associa- 
tion be authorized to invest $20,000 of the perma- 
nent funds of the association in such interest- 
bearing securities as the committee on policy of 
the association may approve. 
The council instructed the permanent 
secretary to publish in February or March 
next a list of officers and members of the 
