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“Resolved, That the carrying into effect of the foregoing reso¬ 
lution be entrusted to the General Committee. 
“Resolved, That this body adjourn to meet May 25, 1901, at 
8 p. m., to elect officers, in accordance with the proposed act of 
incorporation, adopt by-laws, and listen to such communications 
as may be laid before it.” 
537th Meeting. May 25, 1901. 
Vice-President Ratiibun in the chair. 
About twenty-five persons present. 
The Chairman stated that pursuant to the instructions of the 
Society at the last meeting, the General Committee had filed 
articles of incorporation on May 20th, said articles being signed 
by three of the forty-four persons who founded the Society in 
1871, and by twenty-three of the officers and past presidents of 
the Society. [See p. 339 of this volume.] 
He also stated that at the meeting of the General Committee 
held this evening all the persons who were members of the So¬ 
ciety on May 20th were elected to the incorporated Society. 
A code of by-laws substantially the same as the present consti¬ 
tution was unanimously adopted. [See p. 340.] 
The Society then proceeded to the election of a Board of Man¬ 
agers for the first year. The seventeen officers elected December 
22, 1900, and the eight past presidents who had signified their 
intention to attend the meetings of the General Committee were 
elected. They are as follows: 
President .C. D. Walcott. 
Treasurer .. 
Secretaries. 
Vice-Presidents 
C. Adler. 
E. D. Preston. 
.. B. R. Green. 
. J. F. Hanford. C. K. Wead. 
General Committee. 
L. A. Bauer. 
W. A. DeCaindry. 
J. G. Hagen. 
G. W. Littlehales. 
C. F. Marvin. 
H. M. Paul. 
F. W. True. 
J. E. W ATKIN; 
I. Winston. 
