Report of the Secretary. 



SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ACADEMY. 



September 16, 1874. 

 Tli'i members of the Academy met in their rooms at 74- p. m. 

 The following resolutions were passed: 



Rpsolred, That we sincerely lament the death of John Y. Smith, 

 in whom our Society has lost an active and honored member, and 

 the science of political economy one of its most devoted and useful 

 followers. 



Besolved, That the President of the Academy be requested to 

 appoint a member of the Academy to prepare a sketch of his life 

 and works 



liesolved. That these resolutions be published in each of the 

 daily papers of this city, and that the General Secretary be re- 

 quested to forward a copy of these proceedings to the family of 

 the deceased. 



The President of the Academy eulogised highly the merits of 

 the deceased member. 



The death of Prof. Peter Engelman, of Milwaukee, was an- 

 nounced by Dr. I. A. Lapham, who pronounced a high elogium 

 upon the scientific character of the deceased. 



The following resolutions were also passed: 



Resolved, That in the death of Prof. Peter Engleman the Acade- 

 my has lost a valued member, and the cause of education one of its 

 most active promoters. 



Resolved, That the President of this Academy is hereby requested 

 to appoint some member to prepare, for the next regular meeting 

 of the Academy, a memoir of his life and labors. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the Proceedings 

 of the Academy. 



The Treasurer of the Academy, G. P. Delaplaine, Esq., called 

 the attention of members to a remarkable mound, supposed to be 

 very ancient, in the vicinit3^ of the city of Madison. 



Prof. JSTicodemus, of the State University of Wisconsin, Dr. I. 

 A. Lapham, of Milwaukee, Geo. P. Delaplaine, Esq., of Madison, 



