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Offered by Mr. T. T. Southwick : 
Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be tendered the Monroe County 
Sportsmen s Club, for its courtesy and kindness in granting this Society the use of 
its elegant club room for the holding of our meetings during the past year. 
Offered by Mr. Frederic A. Lucas ; 
Resolved, That the thanks of the Society are due, and are hereby tendered the 
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Morning Herald, EvenUig Express, and the 
Union and Advertiser, for their liberal reports and local notices of the Society and 
its exhibition. 
On motion and second, the Society appointed Messrs. Webster, Lucas a n d 
N. R. Wood to act as judges upon the bird skins and accessories to taxidermy 
displayed in the exhibition. 
The appointment of the time and place for the holding of the next general 
meeting and exhibition, was deferred until the first quarterly business meeting of 
the ensuing year. 
The election of officers for the coming year was held, and resulted as follows : 
President — Prof. W. E. D. Scott, of Princeton, N. J. 
Vice President— S. Webster, of Rochester, N. Y. 
Secretary — William T. Hornaday, of Rochester, N. Y. 
Treasurer — Frederic A. Lucas, of Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee -Thomas W. Fraine, William G. Smith, and J. F. D. 
Bailly, of Rochester, N. Y. 
On motion the meeting adjourned, subject to the call of the President. 
The Report of the Judges was opened and read to the members of the Society 
in the exhibition hall, on Friday evening, December 17th. 
The first quarterly business meeting of the Society for the year 18S1 was held 
in Rochester, on PTiday, March 25th, at 8 p. M. President Scott presided over 
the meeting. Eight new members were elected. The names of three delinquents 
were dropped, and two members resigned on account of lack of time to devote to 
taxidermic work. A committee, appointed at the general meeting, consisting of 
Messrs. Scott, Lucas, Webster, Southwick and Watson, reported on the 
revision of Article 13 of the Constitution, and the report submitted was adopted, 
with but one amendment. 
A list of special honors proposed by the Executive Committee, to be awarded at 
the next exhibition, was read before the Society, approved, and ordered printed in 
the report. 
The reports of the Secretary and Treasurer, up to date, were read, and ordered 
printed. 
The Executive Committee nominated Boston as the best place in which to hold 
the next general meeting and exhibition, and the date recommended was November 
28th to December 7th. On motion and second, it was decided that the Second 
Annual Meeting and Exhibition shall be held in Boston, at such a date as may be 
fixed hereafter by the Executive Committee. 
The President appointed a Local Committee, after which the meeting adjourned. 
Respectfully submitted, 
WM. T. HORNADAY, 
Secretary. 
