CHAPTER II. 



MEMBERS, RESIDENT AND CORRESPONDING. 



Art. I. All candidates for admission into the Society as resident Mem- 

 bers, must be proposed and vouched for in writing by two Members, who 

 shall be required to have some personal acquaintance with the person they 

 propose, and shall also be required to state the character, profession, quali- 

 fications and usual place of residence of the candidates. All propositions 

 for resident Membership must be made at a Stated Meeting, and be ballot- 

 ed for at the next Stated Meeting, the affirmative votes of three-fourths of 

 the Members present, shall be necessary to elect a candidate. 



Art. II. All propositions for admission into the Society as correspond- 

 ing Members, must be made in writing by two Members at a Stated Meet- 

 ing, and be balloted for at the same Meeting, the affirmative votes of a 

 majority of the IMembers present, shall be necessary to elect a candidate. 



Art. III. No person residing in Philadelphia, unless he be an officer 

 of the Army or Navy, can be elected a corresponding Member, nor shall he 

 continue as such after he shall have removed permanently to Philadelphia, 



Art. IV. No person shall be entitled to the privileges of oMembership, 



until he shall sign the following obligation : — 



In becoming a resident Member of The Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 

 I promise to conform myself to its Charter, By-laws and Regulations, and in testi- 

 mony thereof I do hereunto subscribe my name. 



Art. V. Every proposition for resident Membership must be accom- 

 panied by the fee of Initiation, which, in case of non-election or withdraw- 

 al, shall be returned to the proposed ; but if any Member elect shall not 

 sign the above obligation within six months fi-om the date of his election 

 into the Society, the fee of Initiation shall be forfeited, and the election 

 become void. 



Art. YI. 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 withdrawn previous to the ballot, no note of said rejection or withdrawal 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 Society. 



CHAPTER III, 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Art. I. The Initiation fee for resident Members shall be one dollar. 

 Art. IT. Every resident Member shall be subject to a semi-annual con- 

 tribution of fifty cents. payal>1e to the Treasurer in June and December. 



