Report of the Secretary. 
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Professor Barnes on behalf of the committee on nomination of 
officers, nominated Professor C. R. Van Hise of Madison as vice- 
president of the department of sciences, and Mr. I. M. Buell of 
Beloit as curator of the collection of fossils. The secretary was 
instructed to cast the ballot of the Academy for these officers. 
Professor Barnes then made the following motion: 
Moved , That the council of the Academy be empowered to take 
such action as may be necessary in connection with the meeting 
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 
which is to be h.eld in Madison, and that they be authorized to 
appropriate from the funds of the Academy such sums, not ex¬ 
ceeding one hundred dollars, as they may deem wise toward de 
fraying the expenses of said meeting. 
This motion was carried.* 
The program of the meeting being finished the Academy then 
adjourned, sine die. 
Wm. H. Hobbs. 
Secretary. 
* On March 24th, 1893, the council authorized the treasurer to pay out 
of the funds of the Academy, to Mr. J. J. Suhr, the local treasurer of 
the Madison meeting A. A. A. S., the sum of one hundred dollars.— Sec.. 
