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America and other affiliated societies in the complimentary smoker ten- 

 dered by the University of Michigan at the Michigan Union. 



Session of Friday, December 29 



President Matthew called the Society to order in its fourteenth annual 

 meeting, at 9.30 a. m., in the Science Building of the University of Mich- 

 igan. After welcoming the members, the report of the Council was read. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



To the Paleontological Society, in fourteenth annual meeting assembled: 

 The Council has held its customary meetings just before and after the 

 annual meeting of the Society and has transacted other business by corre- 

 spondence. A resume of the administration of the Society's business 

 during the fourteenth year is given below. 



Secretary's Report 



To the Council of the Paleontological Society: 



The Secretary's report for the year ending December 27, 1922, is as 

 follows : 



Meetings. — The proceedings of the thirteenth annual meeting of the 

 Paleontological Society, held at Amherst, Massachusetts, December 28-30, 

 1921, have been printed in volume 33, number 1, of the Bulletin of the 

 Geological Society of America, pages 191-222. 



The Council's proposed nominations for officers and the announcement 

 that the fourteenth annual meeting would be held at Ann Arbor, Mich- 

 igan, December 28-30, 1921, as the guest of the University of Michigan, 

 was issued March 22, 1922. 



Membership. — The Society has been fortunate in having no loss of 

 membership during the year. Five new members have just been elected 

 and eight additional nominations are awaiting consideration at the pres- 

 ent meeting. This year two of our members have been elected to fellow- 

 ship in the Geological Society of America and four Fellows of that Society 

 have asked for election to our own. The result of these various changes 

 leaves a total number of members at the end of 1922 of 228. 



Fublications. — In addition to the Proceedings, four papers by members 

 have been published in the Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 

 Eespectfully submitted, E. S. Bassler, 



Secretary. 



Washington, D. C, December 26, 1922. 



