By-Laws. ix 



Article III. — Dues. 



The annual dues of active and corresponding members shall 

 be one dollar and fifty cents, payable at the beginning of the 

 year, and no member in arrears shall be entitled to vote at the 

 annual meeting for the election of officers or on any proposed 

 amendments to this Constitution or By-Laws. 



Members of either class shall be entitled to the publications 

 of the Society upon payment of an additional annual fee of one 

 dollar and fifty cents; but they shall receive such publications 

 only for the years for which their full dues are paid. The 

 names of those two years in arrears may at any time, by vote 

 of the Council, be dropped from the list of members. 



Any member not in arrears may become a life member on the 

 payment of fifty dollars at one time, and be relieved from all 

 further dues and other assessments. All moneys received in 

 paymen-t of life memberships shall be invested in a permanent 

 publication fund. 



The fiscal year shall terminate with the annual meeting. 



Article IV . — Meetings . 



The regular meetings of the Society shall be held at 8 o'clock 

 p. M. on alternate Saturdays from October to May, inclusive, 

 unless otherwise ordered by the Council. The place of meeting 

 will be designated by the Council. 



Special meetings may be called by the President, with the 

 approval of the Council. 



The regular meetings, with the exception of the annual meet- 

 ing, shall be devoted to the presentation and discussion of sci- 

 entific subjects. 



The regular order of business shall be as follows: 



1. Reading of minutes. 



2. Reports of committees. 



3. Balloting for members. 



4. Miscellaneous business. 



5. Reading of papers, discussions, and exhibition of specimens. 



This order of business may be suspended at any time by a 

 two-thirds vote of the members present. 



The annual meeting for the election of officers shall be the 

 last stated meeting in December. 



The regular meeting preceding the annual meeting shall be set 



