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It was voted to pay the expenses of Herbert K. Job as lecturer 

 before the club. 



The chair appointed as committee to consider the matter of union, 

 Prof. G. P. Burns, D. S. Carpenter, J. G. Underwood, Miss Annie 

 Lorenz, and Miss Inez A. Howe. 



Mr. Underwood, Miss Howe, and G. W. French were appointed as a 

 committee on summer meeting. 



The treasurer submitted his report, which showed $38.01 on hand 

 in the general fund of the club, and $32.21 on hand in the life member- 

 ship fund. This report was accepted and adopted by vote of the club. 



At the afternoon session the committee on union made a report 

 which was accepted and adopted by the club. By this action the club 

 accepted the principle of union, provided the name to be the Vermont 

 Botanical and Bird club, agreed to the election of joint officers for the 

 two clubs, agreed to the publication of a joint bulletin, and to the elec- 

 tion of a permanent committee on union who should consider the 

 matter carefully and make a report in writing at the next winter 

 meeting of the club. 



Prof. A. E. Lambert, president of the Audubon society of Vermont, 

 spoke in regard to the work of that society, asking recognition and 

 relationship between the Audubon society and the united clubs. It was 

 voted that the matter of relationship be left to the decision of the 

 permanent committee on union. 



The chair appointed as committee on permanent union of the two 

 clubs, Prof. G. H. Perkins, Prof. G. P. Burns, Mrs. A. B. Morgan, and 

 J. G. Underwood. The meeting insisted that President Brainerd should 

 be a member of this committee and he was elected by the club. 



The nominating committee consisting of Mr. Underwood, Mr. Car- 

 penter, A. K. Peitersen, Miss Lorenz, and Miss Howe reported the 

 following officers to serve as joint officers of the two clubs for the 

 ensuing year, and they were elected by vote of the clubs: President, 

 Dr. Ezra Brainerd, Middlebury; vice-president, Dr. H. P. Perkins, Bur- 

 lington; secretary, Prof. G. P. Burns, Burlington; treasurer, Mrs. 

 Nellie F. Flynn, Burlington; editor, George L. Kirk, Rutland; librarian, 

 Miss Phoebe M. Towle, Burlington. 



During the meeting the following new members were elected: Mrs. 

 George Wales, Burlington; Richard Gaylord, Waitsfield; A. E. Lambert, 

 Middlebury; Miss Leila E. Honsinger, Swanton Center (P. O. St. Albans, 

 R. F. D.); P. A. Sneider, U. V. M., Burlington; Mrs. John K. Hooper, 

 Burlington; Miss Josephine Tatro, 39 Lafayette Place, Burlington; Miss 



