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stood by the present Standing Committee that the elections next 
year will be made in accordance with the provision ; and it was very 
generally expressed that all present members should notify the 
Permanent Secretary as to the position they wish to hold, either as 
an active or associate member, it being understood that the class 
of active members was to contain all who were specially interested 
in scientific work, while the associates were to be those who joined 
the association for the purpose of attending the meetings in order 
to gratify their own tastes or to give pecuniary or personal aid in 
advancing its objects; the only distinction made between the 
two classes being that the active members alone could hold office 
or vote on any matter pertaining to the management of the asso- 
ciation. 
Among the votes passed was one proposed by Col. Foster, the 
chairman of Sect. B., providing for a classified index of all the 
Yolumes of the proceedings, which would render them of much 
greater value than now. 
n the general discussions which took place among the members 
much was. said regarding the importance of having an official re- 
port of the proceedings, which should embody all the discussions, 
printed daily. The accomplishment of this would be a great 
advantage to the public as well as to the association, and arrange- 
ments could unquestionably be made for it by the employment of 
regular stenographers, which the rules of the association state 
Shall be employed when practicable. 
During the session, excursions were made to the lead mines, 
_ Spar caves, and other places of interest in and about Dubuque, 
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and a very enjoyable trip was made by rail to the “ painted rocks” 
Some 80 miles up the river, and continued ‘by boat to the town of 
McGregor, where the members and friends of the association were 
most cordially welcomed and provided with a repast, after which 
they returned by rail to Dubuque. After the adjournment, quite a 
number of members accepted the kind offer of passes from the 
officers of the Illinois Central R. R., and were in succession the 
guests of the citizens of Ft. Dodge, Springvale and Sioux City, 
: receiving at every place the most generous of welcomes, and as- 
_ Ststed in securing the special specimens each was after. 
Of this note will never forget the aid and kindness he received 
: while pursuing his ichthyological and archeological researches 
The writer 
nong the rivers and mounds of Iowa, and he knows that all 
