BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 
VOL. 9, PP. 1-12 DECEMBER 30, 1897 
PROCKEDINGS OF THE NINTH SUMMER MEETING, HELD AT 
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AUGUST 10, 1897 
Herman Lr Roy Faircuixp, Secretary 
CONTENTS 
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HC CHOMEO Lal WSetra ii SUN ae sha cers. shurege aeielWaleaktvancPe ee aD ee ee eee a ene il 
Stratigraphy and structure of the Puget Group, Washington [abstract] ; 
loyy BenilleyoN AU UNS aaler oa toneseearce mnie ey ts ee es eet iS a 2 occ SE cle Se 
Woessrasiulandadeposite™ by dn AwlWiddent sommes cc een ee neice: 6 
‘Limestones of southeastern Michigan, with their associated sandstone, 
Saltand eypsunm [abstracti|; by Wee Sherzer.>-..-....:....... Steele) 
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SEssION oF TurspAy, Aucust 10 
_ he Society was called to order at 10.45 o’clock a m (local time) in 
room 211 of the Central High School building, the President, Professor 
Hdward Orton, in the chair. By a mutual understanding between the 
Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 
the Geological Section (Section I) of the Association had temporarily 
suspended its sessions and yielded the use of its room and time to this 
meeting of the Society. 
ELECTION OF FELLOWS 
The Secretary announced that the nine candidates for fellowship had 
received a nearly unanimous vote of the ballots transmitted, and that 
they were elected, as follows: 
Fellows Elected 
RicHarp Exwoop Doner, A. B., A. M., Teachers’ College, West 120th street, New 
York, N. Y. Professor of Geography in the Teachers’ College. 
CHarires Repway Dryer, A. B., M. A., M. D., Terre Haute, Indiana. Professor 
of Geography, Indiana State Normal School. 
Winsur C. Knyicur, B.S., A. M., Laramie, Wyoming. Professor of Mining and 
Geology in the University of Wyoming. 
Cyrus Frercunr Marsur, A. B., A. M., State University, Columbia, Missouri. In- 
structor in Geology, and Assistant on Missouri Geological Survey. 
I—Buut. Gro. Soc. Am., Vou. 9, 1897 (1) 
