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Register of the Albuquerque meeting, 1907 578 



Session of the Cordilleran Section, Tuesday, December 31, 1907 578 



Accessions to the library from October 1, 1907, to September 30, 1908 579 



List of Officers and Fellows of the Geological Society of America 589 



Index to volume 19 601 



Session oi? Monday, December 30 



The Society Avas called to order by President Charles E. Van Hise at 

 9.15 o'clock a m, at the University of New Mexico. A cordial address 

 of welcome was delivered by President W. 6. Tight, of the University of 

 New Mexico, to which response was made by President Van Hise. 



The report of the Council was called for, and was presented by the 

 Secretary, in print, as follows : 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



To the Geological Society of America, 



in Twentieth Annual Meeting assembled: 



The regular annual meeting of the Council was held at New York in 

 connection with the meeting of the Society. There have been no special 

 meetings during the year. 



The details of administration for the nineteenth year of the existence 

 of the Society are given in the following reports of the officers : 



Seceetaby's Report 



To the Council of the Geological Society of America: 



Meetings. — The proceedings of the annual meeting of the Society held 

 at New York city December 27, 28, and 29, 1906, have been recorded in 

 the closing brochure of volume 18 of the Bulletin, which is now in press. 



Membership. — During the past year the Society has lost two Fellows 

 by death: James M. Safford and Angelo Heilprin. The resignation of 

 one Fellow has been accepted. The names of the fourteen Fellows 

 elected at the New York meeting have been added to the list, all of them 

 having completed their membership according to rule. The present en- 

 rollment of the Society is 294, or 11 more than at the time of making the 

 last annual report. Four candidates are before the Society for election 

 and several applications are under consideration by Council. 



Distribution of Bulletin. — There have now been distributed 17 

 brochures comprising 448 pages of volume 18, and the remaining four 

 brochures, including the Proceedings, are in the hands of the printers in 

 various stages of completion. By action of the Publication Committee 

 no manuscripts were accepted by the Secretary after November 1, in an 



