After discussion it was Voted, That a committee of five of the Council be appointed on express and postal rates for library books, to negotiate with the express companies, to co-operate
with regard to Congressional legislation, and to report further to the Council as to the postal question.
The committee was appointed as follows: E. H. Anderson, chairman; J. S. Billings, W. C. Lane, R. R. Bowker, Johnson Brigham. It was Voted:
That in case of the inability of any member of the committee to serve, the retiring president be authorized to fill vacancies.
Relation of libraries to the book trade. It was Voted, That the executive board be requested to appoint a committee of five to consider and report upon the relation of libraries to the book trade.
Cataloging rules for printed cards. It was Voted, That the Council authorize the promulgation of the proposed A. L. A. cataloging rules for printed cards, so soon as the Publishing Board and its special advisory committee, and the Library of Congress, shall have agreed upon the details of same;
That the committee on cataloging rules for printed cards be requested also to formulate the variations from those rules which they recommend for manuscript work.
List of American dissertations. The College and Reference Section submitted the following communication:
"To the Council of the A. L. A.: