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accordingly, and dues regularly become payable on January 1 

 of each year. 



The following amendment was proposed, to be acted upon 

 at the next regular meeting : 



To amend Article III., Section 1 to read: "and an executive 

 committee of five, etc." 



On motion the following committee was appointed to 

 attend to the matter of publication : C. W. Edwards. W. L. 

 Poteat, C. S. Brimley. 



On motion the University of North Carolina was selected 

 for the next annual meeting. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Franklin Sherman, Jr., 



Secretary. 



SECOND ANNUAL MEETING. 



The second annual meeting of the North Carolina Academy 

 of Scienee was held at the University of North Carolina, 

 Chapel Hill, Nov. 12 and 13, 1903. 



The opening session was held in Gerrard Hall on the even- 

 ing of the 12th. An address of welcome by Dr. F. P.Venable, 

 president of the University, was followed b}' the annual 

 address of the retiring president, Professor C. W. Edwards, of 

 Trinity College, whose subject was "Science and the State.'' 



On adjournment a smoker was given in the Alumni build- 

 ing to the members of the Academy by the Elisha Mitchell 

 Scientific Society. 



On the morning of the 13th a business meeting was held in 

 the Physics lecture room of the Alumni building. In the 

 absence of the secretary, Mr. J. E. Latta, instructor in Physics 

 in the University, was made temporary secretary. 



The following amendments to the constitution were 

 adopted: 



(1) That the executive committee shall consist of five in- 

 stead of nine members. 



