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audit the accounts of the Treasurer and provide for the meet- 

 ings and for publication, and transact any other necessary 

 business. 



ARTICLE VI. MEETINGS. 



The regular meetings of the Society shall be held, unless 

 otherwise ordered, on the first Thursday of each month. The 

 annual meeting for the election of officers and the delivery of 

 the presidential address shall be the regular meeting for the 

 month of December. The terms of office shall begin January 

 first. Special and field meetings may be called by the Execu- 

 tive Committee. Not more than one half hour shall be de- 

 voted to the consideration of business at any regular meeting. 



ARTICLE VII. FEES. 



SECTION 1. The initiation fee of active members shall be one 

 dollar; the annual fee shall be three dollars, due three months 

 after election, except when elected three months or less pre- 

 viously to the annual meeting, when no fee shall be required 

 for the year in which they are elected. Any active member 

 in arrears for one year may, after one month's notification, 

 be dropped from the rolls. No member in arrears shall be 

 entitled to vote. 



SECTION 2. Corresponding members shall pay no initiation 

 fee, but shall pay an annual fee of two dollars, due three 

 months after election and at the first of each following year. 



ARTICLE VIII. AMENDMENTS. 



The Constitution of the Society may be amended at any 

 regular meeting of the Society by two-thirds vote of the ac- 

 tive members present, providing that such amendment has 

 been passed by the Executive Committee and presented to the 

 Society at least one month previously. 



ARTICLE IX. ORDER OF BUSINESS. 



The order of business at the regular meetings, unless oth- 

 wise ordered by the Executive Committee, shall be as follows: 



1. Reading and approval of minutes. 



2. Report of officers and committees. 



3. Election of members. 



4. Miscellaneous business. 



5. Reading of papers, discussions, and exhibition of 



specimens. 



