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An election of officers resulted in choice of: President—- 
A. S. Copeman; Vice-Presidents—R. H. Curtis, Wm. Saun¬ 
ders, C. F. Ripley, G. Mellor, W. A. Wisdom, G. W. Bowler 
and J. G. Walton. Corresponding Secretaries—W. J. M. 
Coun, O. H. Flagg, E. Nostrand, Sil. Humphrey. Treasurer 
—C. M. Wood. Censors—C. C. Grice, New York, E. F. 
Thayer and J. H. Stickney, Mass., A Philips, New Jersey ; 
Isaiah Michener, Pennsylvania; A. Liautard, New York.. 
The death of Edwin H. Palmer, of Pennsylvania, was an¬ 
nounced. 
Committees—Education—Liautard, Wood and Bowler; 
Finance—Saunders, E. H. Birney and Ripley; Library—J. 
Busteed, Jennings and Grice; Diseases—Stickney, Thayer 
and Michener. 
Seeond Semi-Annual, 1865.—On March 7th, 1865, the Com- 
itia Minora held a meeting at the office of Dr. Liautard, in 
New York, at which there was no action of note. 
Second Annual —The second annual meeting was held at 
Young’s Hotel, Boston, on September 5th, 1865. A S. Cope- 
man, President, in the chair. The Censors were empowered 
to fill vacancies in their board in order to obtain a quorum. 
Henry Lawrence was admitted to membership. An elec¬ 
tion of officers resulted : President—C. M. Wood ; Vice-Pres¬ 
idents— W. S. M. Cown, W. Saunders, W. A. Wisdom, Isa¬ 
iah Michener, C. Higgins and E. F. Ripley ; Recording Sec¬ 
retary—C. Burden ; Censors — Messrs. Bowler, Stickney, 
Large, Liautard, Wood and Copeman. 
A. S. Copeman, the retiring President, read an article on 
“ Philosophy of the Sciences.” A. M. McClure was expelled 
for ungentlemanly conduct at the last meeting. 
Third Semi-Annual. —March 5th, 1866, a special meeting of 
Comitia Minora was held at the New York College of Veter¬ 
inary Surgeons, President C. M. Wood in the chair, at which 
a motion made at the annual meeting to hold the semi-annual 
meeting at Philadelphia was rescinded. 
March 6th, 1866, the semi-annual meeting was called to 
order in the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons, at 
which action was taken as to the duties of Secretary, the 
