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Council. A school or library may be enrolled as a member, and 

 be represented at meetings by one of its officers. Fellows shall 

 be elected by the Council from such of the members as have by 

 publications, by teaching, or by administrative work made valu- 

 able contributions to the nature-study movement. Honorary 

 fellows, not exceeding ten, may be elected by the Council. 



ARTICLE III— FEES 



There shall be no admission fee. The annual dues shall be one 

 dollar, payable before February first. The official publications 

 of the Society shall be sent without charge to members not in 

 arrears for dues. Members residing outside of the United States 

 shall pay the necessary foreign postage on publications mailed. 

 Honorary fellows shall be exempt from all dues to the Society. 

 The name of any member two years in arrears for annual dues 

 shall be omitted from the list of members, but may be restored by 

 payment of arrearages or by re-election. 



ARTICLE IV — OFFICERS 



1. The officers shall be a President, five Vice-Presidents, a 

 Secretary-Treasurer, Editor, ten Directors elected by general 

 vote of the Society, and additional Directors elected by branch 

 organizations as provided for in Article VI. The President, Vice- 

 Presidents and Secretary-Treasurer shall constitute an Executive 

 Committee for the transaction of routine business authorized by 

 the Council. All the officers together shall constitute a Council 

 with the following duties : Consider and report to the Society all 

 business proposed for a general vote and manage the business of 

 the Society according to the constitution and by-laws. The term 

 of office for the President and Vice-Presidents shall be one year, 

 for the Secretary-Treasurer and Editor two (or three ?) years and 

 for the Directors two years (five of the first Directors shall be 

 elected for one year, and five for two years). 



2. Elections of officers. The Council shall make nominations 

 for all offices and publish them in the official journal before Nove- 

 ber fifteenth of each year. Members and fellows shall have the 

 right to suggest nominations by mail, and any name thus receiv- 

 ing at least fifty votes before October fifteenth shall be published 

 with the nominations by the Council. The annual election shall 

 be held in the last week of December, at a stated meeting if such 



