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The Treasvirer notified the members present that he should 

 propose an alteration in Article 3d of the Constitution, fixing 

 the sum necessary to make any one a patron of the Society, 

 at one hundred, instead of fifty dollars. 



On motion of the Treasurer, the following alterations were 

 made in the By-Laws, as in the printed copy of 1855 : 



In Section I. Art. 1, the first sentence to end with the word 

 " thereof," in the third line, and the second sentence to be stricken 

 out. 



Art. 2. After the word " pay," in the second line of the first sen- 

 tence, to read " any assessments." 



In Section III. Art. 1, to read, "Every resident member shall be 

 subject to an annual assessment of five dollars, payable on the first of 

 October of each year." 



Art. 2. " Any member who shall pay into the treasury at one time 

 the sum of fifty dollars, may become a Life Member, and be exempt 

 fi'om the annual assessments." 



In Art. 3, in line four, after " inability," to strike out " to become a 

 member should an initiation or assessment fee be demanded," and 

 substitute " to pay the annual assessments." 



On behalf of the Building Committee, Dr. White an- 

 nounced that ground had been broken on the site of the 

 Society's new building, preparatory to driving piles, and that 

 some of the materials were upon the ground. 



The Corresponding Secretary read the following letters 

 recently received, namely : — 



From the K. K. Geologische Eeichsanstalt, Wien, September ISth, 

 1861 ; the Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Association, 

 November, 1861, acknowledging the receipt of the Society's publica- 

 tions; K. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, October 4th, 1861, 

 acknowledging the same, and asking that some deficiencies may be 

 supplied ; Bibliokariat der K. Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaf- 

 ten, December 2d, 1861, acknowledging the same, asking for missing 

 numbers, and presenting various publications ; K. Preussische Akad- 

 emie, Berlin, August 31, 1861 ; Verein fiir Naturkunde, Wiesbaden, 

 October 1, 1861 ; Koyal University of Norway, Christiania, October 

 26, 1861 ; K. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, October 28, 1861, 

 presenting their various publications ; Verein fiir Naturkunde zu Of- 

 fenbach, July, 1861 ; PoUichia zu Diirkhelm, presenting their publica- 

 tions, and desiring exchange. 



Messrs. George Jaques, of Somerville, and John Jefiiies, 

 Jr., of Boston, were chosen Resident Members. 



