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are Sections of the Academy, a Corresponding Secretary, a 

 Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, a Librarian, an Editor, six 

 elected Councillors, and one additional Councillor for each allied 

 society or association !' 



Article VI. A new article to be inserted as " Article VI," to 

 read as follows : 



" Societies organized for the study of any branch of science 

 may become allied with the New York Academy of Sciences by 

 consent of the Council. Members of allied societies may become 

 active members of the Academy by paying the Academy's an- 

 nual fee, but as members of an allied society they shall be asso- 

 ciate members of the Academy with the rights and privileges of 

 other associate members except the receipt of its publications. 

 Each allied society shall have the right to delegate one of its 

 members who is also an active member of the Academy, to the 

 Council of the Academy, and such delegate shall have all the 

 rights and privileges of other Councillors." 



On motion it was voted unanimously that the President of the 

 Club act as such delegate. The proposed amendment to Article 

 XIV of the Constitution of the Club, which was laid on the 

 table at the last meeting, came up for consideration. After dis- 

 cussion, a motion to adopt the amendment was unanimously 

 carried. 



The amendment reads as follows : 



" Each active member, upon his election, and annually at the 

 beginning of each fiscal year thereafter, shall pay to the treasurer 

 the sum of five dollars. The payment of the annual dues shall 

 entitle each active member to receive all publications of the Club 

 issued during the year." 



Letters of resignation were read from Mrs. Ida Clendenin 

 Atchison, and from Miss Marianna Shutes. 



On motion the secretary cast the vote of the Club electing Mr. 

 Schneider to membership. 



The scientific program was as follows : 



" Some Hawthorns of the Vicinity of New York City," by 

 Mr. W. W. Eggleston. Species and variations of Crataegus 

 growing within the vicinity of New York City were described 

 and illustrated by herbarium specimens. 



