CHAPTER II. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. 



Art. I. All candidates for admission into the Academy, "wlietlier 

 as members or correspondents, must be proposed in writing by two 

 members at a meeting of business, and be balloted for at the meeting 

 of business next succeeding ; the affirmative votes of three-fourths of 

 the members present shall be necessary to elect a candidate. 



Art. II. No person residing in Philadelphia can be chosen a cor- 

 respondent ; nor shall any correspondent continue such after he shall 

 have removed permanently to Philadelphia. In such case a re-election 

 is not necessary, but the correspondent becomes liable for the semi- 

 annual contributions, and is entitled to all the privileges of a member. 



Art. III. No person shall be entitled to the privileges of member- 

 ship until he shall have paid the fee of initiation (except in cases of 

 correspondents removing to the city), and signed the following obliga- 

 tion : 



In becoming a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia, I promise to conform myself to its constitution, laws, 

 and regulations, and in testimony thereof I do hereunto subscribe my 

 name. 



Art. IV. If any member elect shall not sign the above declaration, 

 and pay the fee of initiation within six months from the date of his 

 election into the Society, the said election may be declared null and 

 void by a majority of the members present at any meeting of 

 business. 



Art. V. If any person shall be balloted for and rejected, or his 

 name withdrawn previous to the ballot, no note of said rejection or 

 withdrawal shall be made on the minutes of the Academy. 



Ar /^I. No person thus rejected shall again be proposed before 

 the e: ition of one year; nor shall any one whose name has been 

 withdr a previous to the ballot, be again ^oposed before the expira- 

 tion of oix months from said withdrawal. 



CHAPTER III. 



CONTRIBUTIONS AND PAYMENTS. 



Art. I. Every member elect shall pay to the treasurer an initiation 

 fee of five dollars. 



Art. II. Every member shall be subject to a semi-annual contri- 



