4 MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



III. BY-LAWS OF THE CORPORATION OF 

 THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



I. The annual meeting of the members shall be held on the second 

 Tuesday in August, at the Laboratory, in Woods Hole, Mass., at 

 12 o'clock noon, in each year, and at such meeting the members shall 

 choose by ballot a Treasurer and a Clerk, who shall be, r.r officio, 

 members of the Board of Trustees, and Trustees as hereinafter pro- 

 vided. At the annual meeting to be held in 1897, not more than 

 twenty-four Trustees shall be chosen, who shall be divided into four 

 classes, to serve one, two, three, and four years, respectively, and 

 thereafter not more than eight Trustees shall be chosen annually for 

 the term of four years. These officers sholl hold their respective 

 offices until others are chosen and qualified in their stead. The Presi- 

 dent of the Corporation, the Director and the Associate Director of 

 the Laboratory, shall also be Trustees, ex officio. 



II. Special meetings of the members may be called by the Trustees to 

 be held in Boston or in Woods Hole at such time and place as may be 

 designated. 



III. The Clerk shall give notice of meetings of the members by publi- 

 cation in some daily newspaper published in Boston at least fifteen 

 days before such meeting, and in case of a special meeting the notice 

 shall state the purpose for which it is called. 



IV. Twenty-five members shall constitute a quorum at any meeting. 



V. The Trustees shall have the control and management of the affairs 

 of the Corporation; they shall present a report of its condition at every 

 annual meeting; they shall elect one of their number President of the 

 Corporation who shall also be Chairman of the Board of Trustees ; 

 they shall appoint a Director of the Laboratory; and they may choose 

 such other officers and agents as they may think best ; they may fix the 

 compensation and define the duties of all the officers and agents ; and 

 may remove them, or any of them, except those chosen by the members, 

 at any time ; they may fill vacancies occurring in any manner in their 

 own number or in any of the offices. They shall from time to time 

 elect members to the Corporation upon such terms and conditions as 

 they may think best. 



VI. Meetings of the Trustees shall be called by the President, or by 

 any two Trustees, and the Secretary shall give notice thereof by written 

 or printed notice sent to each Trustee by mail, postpaid. Seven 

 Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

 The Board of Trustees shall have power to choose an Executive Com- 



