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to unite with the Wisconsin Natural History Society, had been 
admitted to membership, this being the only constitutional means 
of uniting the two organizations, viz. : Chas. E. Brown, W. J. 
Bennetts, Robt. O. Wanvig, Paul H. Dernehl, H. Altschwager, 
Carl Boerner, Lee Whitney, Edw. \V. Perkins, Armin Neitzke, 
Henry Roemheld, Geo. Shrosbree, Paul C. Rohde, Adolf Sontag, 
F. Kirchner and Frank H. Wallschlager. 
The action of the board of directors was approved, and the 
vmion of the younger with the older society welcomed by the 
president. 
The board of directors then reported the following resolutions 
for adoption : 
Resolved, That the president and secretary request the board 
of trustees of the Public ^Museum to grant the use of the lecture 
room of that institution, free of charge, for the meetings of the 
Wisconsin Natural History Society and its sections, and also to 
grant those members of the society, who are interested in any 
branch of natural history or ethnology, the privileges accorded by 
such institutions, in all parts of the world, to students and in- 
vestigators. 
Resolved, That the society place its library, to be acquired by 
purchase, exchange, or donation, at the disposal of the museum 
as a loan collection. 
Resolved, That the board of directors encourage and facilitate 
to the extent of the means of the society the organization of sec- 
tions, which shall make it their object to stimulate study and re- 
search in the various branches of natural history. 
Resolved, That each section thus formed shall have certain 
days of each month set aside for its section meetings. 
Resolved, That every section shall be represented at the month- 
ly meetings of the society, bv its chairman or some other member 
selected by him, to report on the work and transactions of his 
section for the preceding month. 
The above resolutions were unanimously adopted. 
The president then appointed Messrs. Chas. H. Doerflinger, C. 
L. Mann and C. E. Brown, as a committee to nominate officers 
for the ensuing year. After a short recess the committee, through 
its chairman, C. H. Doerflinger, reported the following nomi- 
nations : 
For President — G. W. Peckham. 
Recording Secretary — W. J. Bennetts. 
Corresponding Secretary — Lee W. Whitney. 
Treasurer — Ferdinand ]\Ieinecke. 
Librarian — Paul H. Dernehl. 
