572 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [DeC, 



Chapter II, Art. 1 : Change "the last stated meeting of the 

 month" to ''any stated meeting." 



Art. 2: Change first sentence to read "Candidates 

 for membership shall be nominated in writing by at least two mem- 

 bers, who shall record the name and place of residence. The nomina- 

 tions shall be posted in the Hall of the Academy and read before a 

 meeting of the Council and the candidate shall be balloted for at 

 any subsequent stated meeting, provided that at least two weeks 

 shall have elapsed since their nomination and posting. 



Art. 3: Change "fee of initiation" to "first annual 

 contribution." 



Art. 4: Change "fee of initiation" to "first annual 

 contribution." 



Art. 11: Change "fee of initiation" to "the annual 

 contribution. " 



Art. 13: Omit "an initiation fee of Ten Dollars and 

 ^n" and substitute "the" for "an." 



Art. 14: Omit "and all initiation fees." 



Art. 17: Omit "who has not paid the initiation fee 

 ■or." 



Chapter IV, Art. 1 : Omit the word "monthly" in the last sentence 

 ;and alter "day" to "days," i.e., to read: "days on which the meeting 

 .shall be held." 



Chapter IX, Art. 3 : Change to read "Certain books specified 

 by the Librarian and the Library Committee may be loaned to 

 members for a period of not exceeding one month. A list of such 

 books shall be prepared for the consultation of members and books 

 may be added to it or withdrawn from it at the discretion of the 

 Librarian and the Library Committee. The Librarian shall keep a 

 record of all books loaned with the dates of loan and return. 



Chapter XII, Art. 1: Change the first clause to read "The stated 

 meetings of the Academy shall be held on tlic third Tuesdays of 

 November, December, January, February, March, and April." 



Art. 5: Insert "stated" before "meetings" in the 

 first line. 



Art. 6: The first line should read "The order of 

 business at the annual meetings shall be." 



It will be seen that several of the amendments merely conform 

 to the requirement of the changes specially referred to. 



The effect of the By-Law authorizing the loaning of books is 

 stated in the report of the Librarian. 



