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Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting Useful Knowledge, three- 

 fourths of the funds belonging to the Institute, for four years, without 

 interest ; and shall loan to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 

 one-fourth of the remainder of such funds, for four years, without 

 interest ; the said loans to be secured by bond and warrant of attor- 

 ney. 



Mr. Sill's letter mentioned that the amount which might be 

 expected by the Society, will be from ^700 to ^900. 



On motion of Dr. Patterson — Resolved, That the loan of- 

 fered by the Athenian Institute be accepted by the Society, 

 and that the President and Treasurer be instructed to affix the 

 corporate seal to the stipulated securities. 



Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to convey to the 

 Counsellors of the Athenian Institute, the acknowledgments of 

 the Society for the aid so liberally tendered. 



On motion of Mr. Fraley, the Society proceeded to consider 

 the alteration of the By-laws, proposed at the meeting of the 

 15th instant. 



Stated Meeting, June 1 9. 



Present, twenty-six members. 



Dr. Patterson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were announced and read: — 



From the Linnean Society of London, dated April 2d, 1846, 

 acknowledging the receipt of the Transactions of the Society, 

 Vol. IX. Part 2d, and of the Proceedings, Nos. 32 and 33: — 



From the Royal Institute of Sciences, Belles Lettres and 

 Arts, of the Low Countries, dated Amsterdam, Jan. 23, 1846, 

 on transmitting a part of the Transactions of the Institution: — 



From the Historical Society of New York, dated New 

 York, May 22d, 1846, on transmitting copies of a circular in 

 reference to proposed changes in the tariff, as affecting the in- 

 terests of literary institutions: — 



From the Local Committee of the Association of American 



