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and found them correct. They have compared the vouchers of expendi- 

 ture with the canceled checks and with the reported expenditures; also 

 the balance on hand December 2, 1912, with the balanced bank book, 

 and found the same correct. They have directed Whitman Cross, a 

 member of the committee, to visit Baltimore, examine the securities in 

 the hands of the Treasurer, and to report to the President and to the 

 Secretary of the Society the result of said examination. 



By vote this report was accepted and the Council report was taken 

 from the table, accepted, and ordered printed in full in the Proceedings. 



TITLES OF PAPERS PRESENTED IN GENERAL SESSION AND NAMES OF 



DISPUTANTS 



The Society then proceeded to the consideration of the scientific papers 

 in the general session. 



SPECULATIVE NATURE OF GEOLOGY 

 BY W. M. DAVIS 



Presented in full without notes. Discussed by A. W. Grabau and 

 H. L. Fairchilcl, with reply by the author. 



BEARING OF RECENT CLIMATIC INVESTIGATIONS ON GEOLOGICAL THEORIES 

 BY ELLSWOKTH HUNTINGTON 



Presented in full without notes. Illustrated with lantern slides. Dis- 

 cussed by A. C. Lane, W. Cross, and W. N. Eice, with reply by the author. 



The following two papers were given together: 



PIEDMONT TERRACES OF THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS AND THEIR MODE 



OF ORIGIN 



POST-JURASSIC HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS 



BY JOSEPH BARBELL 



Presented in abstract without notes. Illustrated with lantern slides. 

 Discussed by Frank Leverett, D. W. Johnson, vY. M. Davis, M. E. Camp- 

 bell, and TsT. H. Darton, with reply by the author. 



The general session adjourned at 12.30 o'clock p. m. 



TITLES OF PAPERS PRESENTED BEFORE THE FIRST SECTION AND NAMES OF 



DISPUTANTS 



The first section convened at 2.40 o'clock p. m., with President Fair- 

 child in the chair and L. G. Westgate acting as section secretary. The 

 following papers were offered : 



