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vote of the members present at a regular meeting of the Association, and 

 shall be termed associate members. Members residing outside of the 

 United States or Canada shall be designated foreign members. Associate 

 or foreign members shall not be entitled to hold office or to vote. 



4. The officers shall consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents and a 

 Secretary, to be elected annually, who shall perform the duties custom- 

 arily incumbent upon their respective offices. The President shall not 

 hold office for two consecutive terms. 



5. The annual meeting shall be held at such place and time as may be 

 decided upon by the Association. Special meetings may be called by a 

 majority of the officers, and shall be called on the written request of not 

 less than live members. Eight members shall constitute a quorum for the 

 transaction of business. 



6. The mode of publication of the proceedings of the Association 

 shall be decided upon by open vote at each annual meeting. 



All proposed alterations or amendments to this constitution shall be 

 referred to a select committee of three at any regular meeting, and, after 

 a report from such committee, may be adopted by a two-thirds vote of 

 the members present, provided that a written notice of the proposed 

 amendment has been sent to every voting member of the Association at 

 least one month prior to date of action, 



(Signed) James Fletcher, Clarence M. Weed, 



A. J. Cook, E. Baynes Reed, 



John B. Smith, H. Garman, 



Charles J. S. Bethune, C. W. Hargitt. 



I>. O. Howard, 



The hour being late, Mr. Howard moved an adjournment to the 29th, 

 after the meeting of the Biological Section of the A. A. A. S. Carried. 



The Association met, pursuant to adjournment, at the call of the 

 Chairman pro tetn, at Scarborough Heights, near Toronto, at 4 p.m., Aug. 

 29th ; the Chairman, Mr. Fletcher, taking the chair. On motion of Prof. 

 J. B. Smith, seconded by Mr. L. O. Howard, the reading of the minutes 

 of the meeting of the Committee organizing the Association was dispensed 

 with, and resolved that the members present do sign the constitution as 

 read and approved at the last meeting, and that by their action the Asso- 

 ciation of Official Economic Entomologists be, and is hereby duly organ- 

 ized. The following members then signed the Constitution in the order 

 named:— James Fletcher, Chairman ; A J. Cook; John B. Smith ; Chas. 



