Page:Proceedings at the second anniversary meeting of the Loyal publication society, February 11, 1865.djvu/12



The Committee on Publications respectfully submit the following Report of their proceedings during the past year. The Committee appointed at the last annual meeting of the Society to direct this branch of its operations, and under whose personal supervision its publications have been since issued, consists of—

The President of the Society and the Chairman of this Committee, during its first year, Dr. Francis Lieber, has also been a constant participant in the deliberations of the Committee, and to his wisdom, experience, and earnest devotion to the welfare of the Society, whatever of good it may have accomplished in the past season of political excitement, is largely due. The Committee has held (30) thirty sessions. There have been presented for its consideration (63) sixty-three documents. Under a rule adopted by the Committee at an early meeting, each one of the documents thus snbmitted was referred to a Special Committee, and their reports, in writing, may be found on the files of the Society. Of the various articles of manuscripts and printed matter, (36) thirty-six have been reported upon favorably, and passed into