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tlius relieving the Eecordiag Secretary of all responsibility for these 

 collections. 



Vo'ted tbat the membership dues be hereafter pro-rated by 'dhe 

 month, for the first year, of persons joining the Acade^my aflter the be- 

 ginning of the fiscal year. 



Adijo'urned sine die. 



B. E. BAUMGAEDT, Secretary. 



Board met at Chamber of Commerce Committee Eoom on Tuesiday, 

 June 7, 1904, at 4:30 p.m. President Dozier presided. Present, Messrs. 

 Comstock, Knight, Taber, Parsons and Baumgardt. To fill the vacancy 

 in the Board of Directors caused by the resignation of Mr. G. W. Par- 

 sons, Dr. C. A. Whiting was unanimously elected. 



Mr. Parsons, "wihose resignation had previously been accepted, is 

 returned to the Board by virtue of his election as Chairman of the 

 Section of Geology. 



Mr. G. Major Taber was re-elected to the office of Treasurer of the 

 Academy. 



Voted that, unless the financial condition of the Academy be im- 

 proved, the Bulletin' shall be issued quarterly, beginning with the issue 

 for Octoiber, 1904. 



President Dozier announced the appointment of the Standing Com- 

 mittees, as provided by the Constitution, the Secretary being added to 

 the Program Comanittee by vote of the Board at this m.eetinig. 



(See list of Standing Committees elsewhere in t'his Bulletin.) 



Adjourned'. 



B. E. BAUMGAEBT, Secretary. 



Board met at Chamber of Commerce Committee room at 4:30 p.m., 

 September 12, 1904. President Dozier presiding. All members present 

 except Mr. Hooker. 



President Dozier announced that the authorities of the State Normal 

 iSchool had granted permission to use such rooms as may be required on 

 Monday evenings, for the meetings of the Academy and its (Sections, 

 the necessarj' expenses of such meetings to be paid by the Academy. 

 The courtesy was gratefully accepted and an unanimous vote of thanks 

 tendered. By vote of the Board the weekly meetings will hereafter be 

 held at this place. 



This disposing to some extent of the hindrance from lack of funds, 

 it was resolved to continue the monthly issue of the Bulletin for the 

 remainder of the calendar year, in the hope that enough interest may be 

 aroused to enable the Publication Committee to continue the same 

 monthly next year. 



Mr. B. E. Baumgardt, Secretary of the Academy, was chosen as 

 Delegate to the International Congress of Arts and Sciences to convene 

 at St. Louis September 19-25. 



A proposition of Dr. Davidson to recommend to the Academy a re- 

 duction in the amount of annual dues now assessed was discussed and 

 made special order for the next meeting of the Board. 



Voted that no meetings of Sections be held in the month of Septem- 

 ber this year. 



Adjourned. 



B. E. BATJMGAEDT, Secretary. 



