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Fourth. That more attention should be given to apiculture and sericulture, 

 not only because of their importance in the arts, but also because of their 

 instructional value. 



Your committee respectfully suggests the desirability of a careful revision 

 of both the membership and the qualifications therefor, to comply with the 

 standard required by the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence, and that the following be substituted for section 2, Article II, of the 

 by-laws : 



" The annual dues of active members shall be one dollar and the dues of 

 associate members fifty cents. The funds derived from the annual dues shall 

 be used in the employment of a stenographer at the annual meetings, com- 

 pensation for the secretary for his services, and for other necessary expenses. 

 The secretary shall render an account of this fund at each annual meeting." 



Your committee recommends that hereafter, on the death of a member of this 

 Association, the president shall appoint a committee of three to prepare for the 

 Proceedings an obituary notice, to be properly illustrated when possible to do so. 



Wilmon Newell. 

 F. M. Webstek. 

 T. B. Symons. 



On motion, the report was adopted. 



The committee on nominations, consisting of Messrs. Quaintance, 

 Conradi, and Osborn, nominated the following as officers for the ensu- 

 ing year : 



For president, A. H. Kirkland, Maiden, Mass. 



For first vice-president, W. E. Britton, New Haven, Conn. 



For second vice-president, H. A. Morgan, Knoxville, Tenn. 



For secretary-treasurer, A. F. Burgess, Columbus, Ohio. 



For member of the committee on nomenclature, to serve three years, Herbert 

 Osborn, Columbus, Ohio. 



For members of the council, American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, H. E. Summers, Ames, Iowa ; E. A. Schwarz, Washington, D. C. 



The secretary was, on motion, directed to cast the ballot of the Asso- 

 ciation for the persons nominated, and they were declared elected. 

 The meeting was then adjourned. 



H. E. Summers, Secretary. 

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