RECORDS. 339- 



BUSINESS MEETING. 

 May 2, 1904. 



The Academy met at 8:15 P. M., Vice-President Poor 

 presiding. 



The minutes of the preceding business meeting were read and 

 approved. 



The following candidate for election as an Active Member, 

 recommended by the Council, was duly elected : 



William L. Osgood Field. 



The following Active Members recommended for election as 

 Fellows, were duly elected : 



Professor Thomas Hunt Morgan. 



Professor Charles B. Davenport. 



The Secretary reported from the Council as follows : 



That the Council had voted to return to the former method 

 of publishing, three or more parts to be issued annually. 



That a special committee appointed to consider the best 

 method of combining the libraries of the Academy and of the 

 American Museum, has reported as follows : 



*' I. That the Library Committee be authorized, in coopera- 

 tion with the American Museum of Natural History, to set aside 

 and dispose of such volumes in the Hbrary of the Academy as 

 may not in their judgment be needed for the proper utilization 

 of the two libraries ; provided, that the proceeds derived from 

 the sale of such volumes be devoted to the purchase of addi- 

 tional books and that books so purchased shall be a part of the 

 Academy library. 



'* 2. That the Library Committee be authorized in coopera- 

 tion with the American Museum of Natural History to revise 

 the exchange list of the Academy in such a way as to avoid 

 such duplication of exchanges by the two institutions as may in 

 their judgment seem undesirable." 



It was voted that the recommendations of the Council be 

 approved. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Henry E. Crampton, 

 Recording Secretary. 



