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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
[1893. 
Forty-nine papers have been presented for publication as follows: 
Edw. D. Cope 9, Henry C. Chapman M. D. 4, Samuel N. Rhoads 
3, John A. Ryder 3, E. Goldsmith 3, Thomas Meehan 3, Ida A. 
Keller 2, J. B. Ellis and B. M. Everhardt 2, V. Sterki 2, Abraham 
Meyer 2, G. F. Wright 1, Benjamin Sharp M. D. 1, Witmer Stone 
I, S. G. Dixon M. D. 1, Herman Strecker 1, Ralph S. Tarr 1, Geo. 
A. Rex M. D. 1, W. H. Dali 1, Henry Skinner M. D. 1, Clarence 
B. Moore 1, John Gifford 1, Philip P. Calvert 1, A. E. Brown 1, 
J. Percy Moore 1, William J. Fox 1 and H. A Pilsbry 1. Of 
these 38 have been accepted for publication iu the Proceedings, 5 
for publication in the Journal, three have been withdrawn by the 
authors and 3 remain to be reported on. 
Seventy-six members and seventeen correspondents have been 
elected. The deaths of sixteen members and six correspondents 
have been announced. Three members have resigned, thus leaving 
a gain of fifty-seven in the membership. 
The death of Mr. Isaac C. Martindale, who was elected Treasurer 
at the last annual meeting, occurred January 3d. Mr. Charles P. 
Perot was elected to fill the office the 17th of the same month. The 
vacancies thus caused in the Finance Committee and the Council 
(Mr. Perot becoming, as Treasurer, a Councillor ex-officio) were 
filled by the election of Dr. Geo. H. Horn to the former, January 
24, and Mr. Thomas A. Robinson to the latter, January 31. 
Mr. Jacob Binder, who had served the society as Curator of the 
William S. Vaux collections since their reception by the Academy, died 
after a lingering illness February 26th. He was succeeded as Vaux 
Curator by Mr. Wm. W. Jefferis who has since discharged the 
duties of the office with a devotion to its interests which is sufficiently 
indicated by the statistics of his annual report. 
The most important amendments to the By-Laws made during the 
year were for the purpose of lessening the arduous duties of the 
treasurer by placing the investments of the Academy in the charge 
of a Trust Company. The consequent changes are as follows : 
Chapter III, Art. 5. The words “he shall collect and pay 
moneys ” were stricken out and the words “ he shall collect the mem¬ 
ber’s dues and shall pay bills and other approved demands by draft 
upon the depository ” were substituted. To the end of the article 
was added ‘ ‘ The Committee on Finance may, with the approval of 
the Council, vest the custody of the securities belonging to the 
