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The Constitution was directed to be engrossed, for the signa¬ 
tures of the members at the stated meeting in July, and order¬ 
ed to be printed with the By-Laws, for distribution. 
Stated Meetings July 13, 1840. 
Present twenty members. 
Hon. Joel R. Poinsett in the Chair. 
The committee appointed on the 26th ultimo, reported that 
it was not expedient to apply to Congress at the present session 
for a Charter. 
The following Departments reported their organization. 
Department of Natural History . 
Tion. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury, 
Chairman. 
Col. Jos. G-. Totten, Vice Chairman. 
Col. G. Talcott, Secretary. 
Department of American History and Antiquities . 
Peter Force, President, 
Thomas Hartley Crawford, Vice President. 
Francis Markoe, jr., Corresponding Secretary. 
Pishey Thompson, Recording Secretary. 
Alexander Dimitry, Librarian. 
Department of Agriculture . 
Robert Barnard, Chairman. 
A. Dimitry, Secretary. 
Mr. George Flower, of Illinois, read a communication on 
the ‘ Cottage, or Domes!ic cultivation of the beet root.’ 
Dr. H. King, of Missouri, communicated information respect¬ 
ing the discovery of Fossil bones in Missouri. 
