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Bennet M. Allen was nominated to fill the vacancy in the 
office of secretary. Upon motion of Mr. Davis, the secretary 
was authorized to cast the ballot of the Academy for Mr. Allen. 
This concluding the business of the morning, the session ad¬ 
journed, and the joint session for the reading of papers was 
called to order by Dr. Lewis Sherman, President of the Wis¬ 
consin Mycological Society. 
The program as printed was carried out, excepting that pa¬ 
pers numbered 30, 32, 33 and 39 were read by title. 
Afternoon Session. 
The meeting was called to order by Mr. Ellsworth, president 
of the Wisconsin Archeological Society. 
The program as printed was carried out, excepting that pa¬ 
pers numbered 47, 48 and 51 were read by title. Paper num¬ 
ber 43 was read by Mr. Brown, number 45 by Mr. Knox, num¬ 
ber 46 by Mr. Brown, number 52 by Mr. Stout, and number 53 
by Mr. Wenz. 
A special business session of the Academy was called to 
order at 4:30 by President Kahlenberg. 
The report of the auditing committee, showing that the treas¬ 
urer’s report had been found correct, was presented by Mr. 
Stout. Upon motion, the report was adopted and placed on 
file. 
The report of the committee on resolutions was presented by 
Mr. Davis. Upon motion, the following resolutions, presented 
by the committee, were unanimously adopted: 
Resolved :— 
“1, That the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Let¬ 
ters expresses its appreciation of the co-operation of the Wis¬ 
consin Archeological Society, the Wisconsin Mycological So¬ 
ciety, the Wisconsin Natural History Society and the Wiscon¬ 
sin Section of the American Chemical Society in bringing about 
and carrying through the first combined meeting of the Scien¬ 
tific Societies of the state and thus placing Wisconsin in line 
with recent tendencies in scientific organization; 
“2—, The Academy tenders its thanks to the citizens of Mil- 
