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Society, the Mineralogical Society of America, the Society of Economic 

 Geologists, the Association of American Geographers, and their friends. 

 This was largely attended and was held in the University of Michigan 

 Union, occupying the entire evening. 



Sessio^t of Friday Morning, December 29 



The morning session was opened at 10 o'clock by President Schnchert, 

 and the report of the Auditing Committee was called for. The following 

 report was read by H. B. Kummel, chairman of the committee : 



report of the auditing committee 



December 28, 1922. 



To the Council and Members, Geological Society of America: 



The committee appointed to audit the Treasurer's accounts reports as 

 follows : 



(1) It has verified the statement as to cash on hand by comparison 

 with the bank statements. 



(2) It has checked the receipts from fellowship fees, income from 

 investments, and miscellaneous items and found them correct. 



(3) It has not been possible to verify the items listed under Secre- 

 tary's receipts because of the nature of the items. 



(4) It has found that all income due on investments during the year 

 has been paid. 



(5) It has compared vouchers for disbursements with canceled checks 

 and with printed statement of disbursements and found them correct. 



(6) The securities in the hands of the Treasurer will be checked in 

 Baltimore by Dr. Eeid, of the committee, and report made to the Secre- 

 tary. 



(7) The committee takes pleasure in testifying to the excellent way 

 ill which the accounts are kept. 



Henry B. Kummel, Chairman. 

 RoLLiN T. Chamberlin. 



This report was received and accepted, conditioned on receipt of addi- 

 tional report covering the securities. 



Harry Fielding Eeid, the third member of the committee, was dele- 

 gated to make an examination of the securities of the Society and submit 

 a written report directly to the Secretary, to com])lete the committee's 

 duties. 



