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II.-PROCEEDINGS.

SECRETARY'S RECORD AND REPORTS OF OFFICERS.

ANNUAL SESSION, JAN. 11-12, 1887.

JANUARY 11, AFTERNOON MEETING. Met pursuant to call of the Secretary at 4 p. m., in the chapel of the University, President Furnas in the chair. Minutes of the preceding meeting read and approved.

The Treasurer, Col. W. W. Wilson, submitted a report, which was received and referred to an auditing committee, consisting of Judge Crounse, C. H. Gere and Edson P. Rich.

A report was also made by the Secretary and Librarian which was approved and placed on file. On motion the offices of corresponding and recording secretary were united in the hands of one officer to be known as secretary.

The following named persons were elected members of the Society: F. W. Lewis, S. L. Geisthardt, Albert Watkins, C. R. Chaney, L. B. Treeman, J. T. Mallalieu, and J. M. Hoffman. A. G. Warner, of Baltimore, was also elected corresponding member.

On motion of C. H. Gere, the Society then proceeded to ballot for officers for the ensuing year. The vote resulted as follows:

President R. W. Furnas.

First Vice President-Lorenzo Crounse.

Second Vice President J. M. Woolworth.

Treasurer Chas. H. Gere.

Secretary-Geo. E. Howard.

Board of Managers-J. Sterling Morton, Irving J. Manatt, J. A. MacMurphy, Clara B. Colby, H. T. Clarke.

The committee appointed to audit the Treasurer's report, reported that the same was found correct.

A manuscript meteorological record kept in Plattsmouth, 1866–82, presented to the society by Dr. A. L. Child, of Kansas City, was accepted, and Hon. C. H. Gere appointed to return the thanks of the Society therefor.

On motion of C. H. Gere, Mr. Warner was allowed forty dollars for expenses in collecting material for his paper.

Adjourned till 8 p. m.

JANUARY 11, EVENING MEETING.

The Society listened to a valuable paper by the Hon. Hadley D. Johnson, of Salt Lake, on the "Establishment of the Kansas-Nebraska Line." On motion a vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Johnson for the paper and a copy requested for publication. By unanimous vote Mr. Johnson was made an honorary member of the Society.

Hon. J. A. MacMurphy, then read interesting extracts from a diary kept by a lady, while crossing Nebraska in early days. J. W. Paddock was elected an active member.

Adjourned.

JANUARY 12, EVENING MEETING. Met pursuant to adjournment at 8:00 P. M., in Representative Hall. An interesting and scholarly paper on the "Relation of Law to the Study of History," was read by H. H. Wilson. Mr. Wilson was followed by Lieut. E. S. Dudley in an excellent paper, drawn from original documents on the "Early Military History of Nebraska." A vote of thanks was tendered both gentlemen and copies of their papers requested for publication.

At the close of the addresses Chancellor Manatt offered the following, which was adopted by the Society.

"The Nebraska State Historical Society in annual session assembled, in grateful recognition of the debt of the New Northwest to the statesmen of 1787 and the pioneers of 1788, sends greeting to the Washington County Pioneers' Association and the Ohio Archæological and Historical Society and pledges its hearty assistance in promoting the success of the Centennial Commemoration of the settlement of the Northwest territory.

This Society further requests the senators and representatives in Congress from this state to support any proper measure for making this centennial observance commensurate with the enduring national importance of the event to be commemorated."

Messrs C. A. Holmes, of Tecumseh, N. K. Griggs, of Beatrice, and E. P. Child, of Lincoln, were elected to active membership. The Society then adjourned to meet on the call of the secretary.

ANNUAL SESSION JAN. 10, 1888.

AFTERNOON MEETING.

Met pursuant to call of the Secretary. The President being detained on account of illness, on motion of C. H. Gere, Chancellor Manatt took the chair.

Minutes of the last annual meeting were read and approved. Treasurer Gere submitted his report, which was received and referred to a committee consisting of S. D. Cox, S. L. Geisthardt, and E. S. Dudley.

A report was also read by the Secretary which was received and placed on file. A communication from Mrs. E. G. Platt, promising a paper for the next volume of the Transactions, was read and placed on file. Also a communication from Lieutenant E. S. Dudley, relative to his present work in classifying the records of the Adjutant General's office was read by the Secretary.

A committee consisting of the Secretary, C. H. Gere, and F. W. Lewis was appointed to consider the practicability of publishing portions of the documents referred to in Lieut. Dudley's paper. On motion the committee was given power to take action in the matter.

The following named persons were elected to active membership: Principal Geo. L. Farnham, Peru; Prof. A. B. Show, Crete; Jos. E. Lamaster, Lincoln; Byron Reed, Omaha; W. D. Bowers, Seward; W. W. Cox, Seward; Rev. T. B. Lemon, Lincoln; Judge T. L. Norval, Seward; Lieut. E. S. Dudley; H. M. Bushnell; Miss S. W. Moore, Lincoln; E. M. McIntyre, Seward.

Mrs. E. G. Platt, Tabor, Iowa, was elected an honorary member. A committee consisting of I. J. Manatt, W. W. Wilson, and C. H. Gere was appointed to consult the authorities of the State University and the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings with a view to securing a suite of rooms for the permanent use of the Society.

A committee composed of Gov. R. W. Furnas, Prof. A. B. Show, H. W. Caldwell, F. W. Lewis, and the Secretary was appointed to mature a plan for securing the co-operation of local historical bodies. in the work of the State Historical Society, and devise other means of extending the usefulness of the latter.

A design for an official seal was presented to the Society by Miss

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