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Stuart Gager, as vice-president of Section G, to 

 succeed the late Dr. Thomas J. Burrill. 



6. On recommendations of the committee on 

 policy, this same committee was instructed to pre- 

 pare a revision of the constitution of the asso- 

 ciation, with by-laws, and to report to the council 

 at its next stated meeting. As a part of its recom- 

 mendation the committee on policy asked that the 

 council should instruct the committee in this re- 

 vision especially to redefine the duties of the per- 

 manent secretary and of the general secretary and 

 the council acted favorably upon this request. 



7. It was voted that $4,000 or whatever sum is 

 available from interest on the permanent fund, be 

 appropriated to the committee on grants for al- 

 lotment, and that the treasurer be directed to pay 

 the sums allotted on the order of the chairman of 

 the committee. The committee on grants, ap- 

 pointed by the chair with the advice of the com- 

 mittee on policy, consists of E. C. Pickering, chair- 

 man; W. B. Cannon, Henry Crew, N. L. Britton, E. 

 C. Tranklin, J. McKeeu Cattell, secretary, leaving 

 one vacancy to be .filled by a geologist. 



8. An appropriation for the coming year to the 

 Pacific Branch of the association, of the entrance 

 fees collected by the branch and $1 for each ac- 

 tual member, was made. 



9. The permanent secretary was authorized to pay 

 the expenses of local branches during the coming 

 year in an amount not to exceed 50 per cent, of the 

 dues from such branches over and above the ex- 

 penses of the journals and also the entrance fees 

 secured through the efforts of such branches. 



10. The following resolution was also adopted: 

 ' ' On behalf of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, its council extends to 

 the secretaries and bureau chiefs of the United 

 States government its appreciation of the fact 

 that through their encouragement the important 

 scientific work under their directions has been well 

 represented at the meetings of the association." 

 This representation has greatly promoted the in- 

 fluence and usefulness of the bureaus, both by ma- 

 king their work more widely known, and by the 

 stimulus imparted to and gained from other work- 

 ers in similar fields. The association is so keenly 

 interested in the work of the government bureaus 

 that it ventures to express the hope that mem- 

 bers of their staffs who are engaged in research 

 be given all practicable encouragement to attend 

 the meetings of the association and other national 

 and international organizations devoted to the ad- 

 vancement of science. 



11. The council took especial pleasure in grate- 



fully acknowledging the receipt of the following 

 gifts: Prom Mr. E. D. Adams, $1,000; from Mr. 

 Cleveland D. Dodge, $500. Mr. Adams was elected 

 a patron of the association and the two gifts were 

 added to the permanent fund reserved for re- 

 search. 



12. At the meeting the following life members 

 emeritus were elected: Cyrus Pay Paine, W. J. 

 Beal, P. W. Clarke, W. H. Ball. Mr. Paine was 

 elected a member of the association in 1858, and 

 is the oldest member in continuous membership. 



Pranz Boas, H. L. Pairchild and Irving Pisher 

 were elected members of the council for a term of 

 three years: W. J. Humphreys, D. T. MacDougal 

 and E. L. Nichols were elected to the committee on 

 policy for a term of three years. 



The seventieth meeting of the association and of 

 the national afliliated societies will be held at Pitts- 

 burgh, beginning on Priday, December 28, 1917. 

 Boston is recommended as the place of meeting in 

 1918. 



Ofiicers were elected as follows: 



President: Theodore W. Eichards, Harvard Uni- 

 versity. 

 Vice-presidents : , 



Section B: W. J. Humphreys, U. S. Weather 

 Bureau. 



Section G: W. A. Noyes, University of Illinois. 



Section E: George H. Perkins, University of 

 Vermont. 



Section F : Herbert Osborn, Ohio State Univer- 

 sity. 



Section 6: Burton E. Livingston, Johns Hop- 

 kins University. 



Section H: Edward B. Titchener, Cornell Univer- 

 sity. 



Section I : George W. Perkins, New York City. 



Section K: C.-E. A. Winslow, Yale University. 



Section L: E. P. Buchner, Johns Hopkins Uni- 

 versity. 



Section M: H. J. Waters, University of Kansas. 



Secretary of Council: Walter V. Bingham, Uni- 

 versity of Pittsburgh. 



General Secretary: J. McKeen Cattell, Colum- 

 bia University. 

 Secretaries of Sections: 



Section B: G. W. Stewart, State University of 

 Iowa. 



Section C: James Kendall, Columbia University. 



Section E: EoUin T. Chamberlin, University of 

 Chicago. 



Section K: A. J. Goldfarb, College of the City of 

 New York. W. E. Henderson, 



General Secretary 



