PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY SINCE DECEM- 

 BER, 1881. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



TWELFTH REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING, 



Held at Madison, Wisconsin. 



Rooms of Wisconsin Academy of 



Sciences, Arts and Letters, 

 Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin. 



FIRST session. 



Tuesday Evening, December 27th, 1881. 



Prof. Davies, General Secretary, read the minutes of the 

 last meetings. Minutes were accepted and adopted. 



Profs. W. F. Allen, E. A. Birge, and S. D. Hastings were 

 appointed a committee to whom was referred all nomina- 

 tions for membership. 



The Treasurer's report was then read and referred to a 

 committee consisting of Profs. W. F. Allen, A. O. Wright, 

 and R. C. Hindley. 



The Treasurer also read the number of years that each 

 member was in arrears for his dues, or also in advance upon 

 his dues in virtue of the arrangement of dues made at the 

 Eleventh Regular Annual Meeting; also the list of members 

 who had failed entirely to respond to the demand for dues, 

 was read. 



Professors Butler and Birge and Hon. S. D. Hastings 

 were appointed a committee to consider the legality of the 



