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PROCEEDINGS 
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ASSOCIATION 
ISLAND. 
VOL. IX, No. 12. 
The regular meeting of the Associa- 
tion was held at the residence of 
Mr. Howard R. Bayne, with the presi- 
dent in the chair. 
The president declared the special 
order of business to be the election of 
five trustees, in accordance with the 
following notice: 
To the Members of the Natural Science 
Association of Staten Island: 
Notice is hereby given that an election 
ef trustees for the Natural Science As- 
sociation of Staten Island not having 
been held at the last annual meeting, 
and the trustees not having within one 
month thereafter called a special elec- 
tion, ameeting of the members of the 
said Natural Science Association of 
Staten Island for the purpose of elect- 
ing trustees thereof, will be held at 
Wo. 39 St. Mark’s Place, New Brighton, 
in the County of Richmond, State cf 
New York. on the 18th day of February, 
1905, at eight o’clock P. M. 
Dated January 23d, 1905, 
ARTHUR HOLLICK, 
Secretary. 
The following nominations were 
made for trustees and there being no 
«thers the secretary was instructed to 
cast one affirmative ballot for the nom- 
-- inees. The secretary cast the ballotas 
FEBRUARY 18th, 1905. 
instructed and they were declared 
elected, viz: 
Howard R. Bayne, Arthur Hollick, 
J. Blake Hillyer, Charles A. Ingalls 
and William T. Davis. 
The Executive Committee made a 
further report of progress, consisting of 
correspondence between the committee 
and Borough President Cromwell, in 
regard to the possibility of obtaining 
accomodation for the Association in the 
new Borough hall, and the Committee 
on Incorporation reported that a new 
and broader charter-for the Association 
was advisable, similar to one of those 
abtained by the Brooklyn Institute, 
American Museum of Natural History, 
New York Botanical Garden and other 
semi-public institutions, in order that 
the Association might enter into and 
maintain satisfactory relations with 
the municipal authorities. 
The reports were accepted, discussed 
and approved and the Committee on In- 
corporation was requested to prepare 
a draft of a proposed new charter, as 
outlined in the report of the Committee, 
and to submit the same for discussion at 
a special meeting of the Association to 
be called fer that purpose. 
The Committee on Change” of Name 
reported in favor_of ‘either ‘The Scien- 
tific and Historical Association, of 
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