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ing,  and  assume  a  position  according  to  their  ability,  those  unqualified 
must  necessarily  take  position  according  to  their  merit. 
At  the  last  meeting  an  amendment  was  offered  to  the  Constitution,  and 
laid  over  to  an  early  session  at  this  meeting,  to  elect  a  permanent  Re- 
cording Secretary,  at  a  salary  of  $100  per  annum,  and  the  payment  of 
travelling  expenses  to  and  from  the  place  of  meeting,  who  shall  edit  the 
Proceedings  and  attend  to  their  distribution.  It  will  be  necessary  to  act 
upon  this  early,  so  as  to  give  a  chance  for  election,  if  adopted. 
At  our  last  meeting  a  Committee  was  appointed  to  get  up  a  new  cer- 
tificate of  membership.    No  doubt  a  report  will  be  made  by  them. 
In  closing  this  report,  it  is  a  source  of  extreme  gratification  to  be  able 
to  say  thai  after  passing  through  a  period  of  over  four  years  of  war,  with 
its  necessary  excitement,  and  the  withdrawal  of  so  many  from  scientific 
pursuits,  and  the  consequent  loss  to  Associations  of  this  kind, — that  we 
present  so  prosperous  a  condition  ;  and  there  can  be  no  doubt  but  that 
from  this  time  forward  (as  it  has  been  in  the  past,)  we  shall  go  on  in  un- 
exampled success  and  usefulness. 
In  retiring  from  the  Chair,  I  tender  to  you  all,  whom  I  have  met  with 
so  many  years,  and  with  so  much  pleasure,  my  earnest  thanks  for  your 
partiality  in  placing  me  in  the  position  I  have  occupied  the  past  year, 
and  the  manner  in  which  you  have  sustained  me  in  the  discharge  of  its 
duties.  W.  J.  M.  Gokdon,  President. 
The  resolutions  relative  to  the  alteration  of  the  Constitution, 
so  as  to  make  a  permanent  Secretaryship,  with  a  salary  attached, 
laid  over  for  action  from  last  year,  and  which  should  have  been 
considered  before  the  President's  address,  being  now  brought 
up,  the  President  stated  that  it  must  now  be  acted  upon  before 
adjourning. 
The  Chairman  of  the  Business  Committee  read  the  resolution 
concerning  the  amendment,  and  stated  that  the  first  question 
was,  Shall  the  Constitution  be  amended  ? 
The  question  was  put  by  the  Chair,  Shall  the  Constitution  be 
amended  ?  which  was  carried. 
Shall  the  Secretary  be  elected  permanently  ?  This  also  was 
carried. 
Dr.  Squibb. — It  remains  to  decide  whether  the  Permanent 
Secretary  shall  have  a  salary  ;  and  if  so,  what  salary.  I  should 
like  to  hear  a  general  expression  of  views  from  the  members. 
Mr.  Maisch. — I  am  in  favor  of  giving  a  salary,  and  should 
vote  for  increasing  it  if  we  were  able  to  do  so.  The  amount 
stated  is  insufficient. 
