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value and authenticity of all such material and determine its avail- 

 ability. 



[Extract from the minutes of the Executive Committee, Julj- 17, 1906, and 

 of the Board of Trustees, Oct. 6, 1906.] 



IIL 



Amendments to the By-Laws: 



Amendments to By-Laws IV and V were adopted by the Association 

 November 19, [go6, and may be found printed in the Proceedings , 

 vol. i, p. 84. 



Amendments to By-Law III were adopted by the Association April 

 20, IQ07, and may be found printed in full '\n\.\\& Proceedings , vol, i, p. 108. 



IV. 



Selection of delegates to represent the Association at scientific con- 

 ventions: 



Voted: that Mr. Charles W. Leng, Mr. William T. Davis, and i\Ir, 

 Thomas Craig be selected as the del^egates to represent the Association 

 at the Seventh International Zoological Congress, to be held in Boston, 

 August 19-23, 1907. 



[Extract from the minutes of the Executive Committee, March 9, 1907.] 

 Voted: that Dr. Arthur Hollick be appointed the delegate to repre- 

 sent the Association in connection with the celebration by the New 

 York Academy of Sciences, on May 23, 1907, of the 200th anniversary 

 of the birth of Linnaeus, and that he be authorized to prepare the 

 official document appreciative of the work of Linnaeus, as requested 

 by the Academy in its letter of invitation. 



[Extract from the minutes of the Executive Committee, IMay 11, 1'.07.] 



Howard R. Bayne, chairman. 

 J. Blake Hillyer. 

 William H. INIitchill. 

 Charles A. Ingalls. 

 Arthur Hollick, secretary. 



REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE. 



The auditing committee held two meetings, one on May 26. 1906. 

 at which the Treasurer's annual report was examined and found cor- 

 rect, and again on March 9, 1907, at which all of the Treasurer's books, 

 accounts, and vouchers v^ere subjected to careful examination and 

 found correct to date, and a certificate to that effect was transmitted 

 to the United States Guarantee Company. 



George S. Hu.mphrey, chairman. 



Charles A. Ingalls, secretary. 



