di 2 [Jan. 20, 
C. L. Herrick, Granville, O.; Kansas Academy of Science, 
Topeka; University of California, Sacramento. 
A photograph was presented for the Society’s album by Dr. 
Aristides Brezina, Vienna. 
A letter was read from the University of Bologna, inviting 
the Society to be represented at its ensuing eight hundredth 
anniversary, and on motion the President was authorized to 
appoint at his leisure a suitable person or persons for that pur- 
pose. (Subsequently the President appointed Messrs. Giovanni 
Capellini, of Bologna, and Henry Phillips, Jr., of Philadelphia.) 
A circular was read from the Elizabeth Thompson Science 
Fund announcing that its funds were available for scientific 
work, and that applications for the same should be sent to Dr. 
C.S. Minot, Boston, Mass. 
A letter was read from Henry Uhlke, Washington, D. C., 
offering for $200 a portrait of the late Spencer F. Baird. On 
motion, the President was authorized to appoint a committee 
of three to examine into the matter referred to, and to report 
to the Society. 
A letter was read from Miss Marie A. Brown, Boston, Mass., 
enclosing a memorial to Congress in reference to a proposed 
Viking Exhibition. 
A. letter was read from the Jowa State University, Iowa 
City, requesting the Proceedings of the Society, and, on mo- 
tion, it was ordered to receive the same from No. 96 and the 
catalog of the Society’s library. 
A prospectus of the American Folk-lore Society was read, 
and, on motion, the Society subscribed to the journal. 
An obituary notice of Ferdinand V. Hayden, by Prof. Lesley, 
was read by the Secretaries. 
The stated{business of the meeting was then taken up, and 
the election for Librarian being in order, Mr. Henry Phillips, 
Jr., was unanimously reélected Librarian for the ensuing year. 
On motion, the President was authorized to appoint at his 
leisure the!Standing Committees of the Society, which he sub- 
sequently appointed, as follows:— 
Finance.—Henry Winsor, J. Price Wetherill, William B. 
Rogers. 
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