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PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE 
in  order,  the  several  delegations  present,  in  accordance  with 
the  constitution,  named  the  following  members  : — 
Thoma3  Restieaux,  from  the  Massachusetts  delegation. 
Thomas  T.  Green,        «      New  York  " 
John  M.  Maisch,  "      Philadelphia  " 
John  Block,  "      Maryland  « 
W.  J.  M.  Gordon        "      Cincinnati  " 
The  following  named  gentlemen  were  chosen  from  the  Asso- 
ciation at  large,  by  the  President,  and  added  to  the  committee  : — 
William  Procter,  Jr.,  Philadelphia,  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  of  Brook, 
lyn,  and  Charles  A.  Tufts,  of  Dover,  N.  H. 
The  reading  of  reports  of  the  Standing  Committees  being  in 
order,  the  report  of  the  Executive  Committee  was  read  by 
Charles  T.  Carney,  Chairman  : — 
[The  Committee  congratulate  the  Association  upon  the  prosperity  which 
has  attended  its  interests  the  past  year,  and  give  a  statement  in  regard  to 
the  publication  and  issue  of  the  Proceedings, — accounting  for  delay,  and 
offering  suggestions  for  future  guidance,  among  which  is  the  following 
resolution,  which  was  adopted  : — 
"Resolved,  That  the  Executive  Committee  receive  from  the  hands  of  the 
Secretary,  on  the  last  day  of  the  session,  all  papers  and  manuscripts  with 
the  minutes  of  the  meeting,  referred  to  them  for  publication ;  said 
manuscripts  to  be  fairly  and  legibly  written,  and  in  proper  state  to  be 
given  to  the  printer;  all  manuscripts  and  papers  not  so  delivered,  to  be 
excluded  from  the  printed  report,  unless  delay  be  granted  by  vote  of  the 
Association/' 
The  cost  of  publishing  the  last  volume  of  Proceedings  was  $913.79.  The 
certificate  of  membership  has  been  issued  to  thirty-nine  members  during 
the  past  year.  Seven  members  have  deceased, — Samuel  R.  Philbrick  and 
John  T.  Brown,  of  Boston  ;  F.  A.  Hegeman  and  James  T.  Maxwell,  of 
New  York  City  ;  Albert  G.  Palmer,  of  Washington,  D.  C.  ;  Asbury  Kent 
and  A.  M.  Stevens,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.] 
On  motion,  the  report  as  read  was  accepted  and  adopted. 
Mr.  Fish,  of  Waterbury,  Connecticut,  requested  that  the  motion 
of  adoption  be  re-considered,  to  allow  him  to  remark  on  a 
resolution  embodied  in  the  Report.  The  motion  of  re-consider- 
ation being  acceded  to,  and  the  resolution  having  been  discussed 
by  Messrs.  Eish,  Procter,  Squibb  and  Carney,  it  was  finally 
adopted  as  it  stood  in  the  Report. 
