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end Toronto meeting and to take part in the 

 deliberations of the council. 



It was voted that the fourth Boston meet- 

 ing of the Association (for the fiscal year 1922- 

 23) shall occur from December 26 to 30, 1922, 

 inclusive. 



It was voted that the annual meeting for 

 1923-24 shall occur at Cincinnati, and that 

 the annual meeting for 1924-25 shall occur at 

 "Washington. 



The council asked the general secretary to 

 take up with the Pacific Division the question 

 of a joint meeting of that division and the 

 association in the summer of 1922, and this 

 question was referred to the executive com- 

 mittee with power. 



The report of the secretary of the Committee 

 on Grants, showing a complete history of the 

 work of this committee, was accepted and 

 ordered to be printed in Science. This re- 

 port will be published later. 



On recommendation of the secretary of the 

 Commitee on Grants the council voted that the 

 records of the Committee on Grants shall here- 

 after be kept in the permanent secretai-y's 

 office. 



Seven resolutions bearing on the general 

 welfare were adopted, and these are published 

 in the present issue of Science. 



The council elected the president and the 

 vice-presidents for the sections, for 1922. 

 These elections have already been reported in 

 Science (Vol. 55, p. 15-16, Jan. 6, 1922.). 



The council elected three council members 

 and two members of the Executive Committee; 

 and the president appointed, on recommenda- 

 tion of the council, three members of the Com- 

 mitee on Grants. The names of these ofiieers 

 are published in Science. 



On vote of the council, the president was to 

 appoint a committee to consider the general 

 question of convocation week (the week in 

 which New Year's Day falls) as the time for 

 the annual meetings of the Association, this 

 committee to consist of: J. McKeen Cattell, 

 Chairman; E. H. Moore; and thi-ee others. 



On vote by the council, the president ap- 

 pointed the following committee to consider 

 the subject of reciprocity between the United 



States and Canada, as this concerns scientific 

 work: E. L. Nichols, chairman; F. D. Adams; 

 T. C. Chamberlin; J. C. Fields; J. C. Mer- 

 riam. 



The report of the Committee on An Inter- 

 national Auxiliary Language was accepted, and 

 the resolutions at the end of this report were 

 adopted by the council. These are published 

 in this issue of Science. 



The general secretary was directed to trans- 

 mit a vote of thanks to the institutions that 

 have acted as hosts for the Toronto meeting. 



The council passed a vote of thanks to Presi- 

 dent E. H. Moore, in appreciation of his tact- 

 ful and effleient ser\'ice as chairman of the 

 council during the Toronto sessions. 



The executive committee of the council voted 

 that no specially printed program for any sec- 

 tion (aside from those included in the general 

 program) can be paid for from the Permanent 

 Secretary's funds without special authoriza- 

 tion beforehand. 



The executive committee approved the plan 

 of having the assistant secretary go to the 

 meeting place before the meeting, in time to 

 care for the publication of the general pro- 

 gram, etc. 



The executive committee voted that the chair- 

 man of the Committee on the History of 

 Science shall act as vice-president for Section 

 L for 1922, and that the secretary of that 

 committee shall act as secretary of Section L 

 for 1922. It was also voted that the Com- 

 mittee on the History of Science shall act as 

 the Section Committee for Section L for 1922. 

 Burton E. Livingston, 

 Permanent Secretary. 



RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL 



Seven resolutions bearing on the general 

 welfare of American peoples were adopted by 

 the Council of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science at the Second 

 Toronto Meeting, December 27-31, 1921. These 

 resolutions follow: 



A resolution on the desirability of the duty- 

 free importation of scientific materials and 

 apparatus by educational and research institu- 

 tions in the United States, adopted by the Ex- 



