CONSTITUTION.* 



ARTICLE I. 



This Society shall be called the Orleans County Society of 

 Natiuai, Sciences. 



ARTICLE TI. 



It shall consist of four orders of members, to wit : AcTiNc;, Asso- 

 ciate, Cokkesponding,- and Honokaky Memheks. 



Acting ]\Iembeks. To become an Acting meml)er, the candidate 

 shall be a resident of Orleans County, and shall be elected by ballot ; 

 the affirmative votes of a majority of the members present shall b(? 

 necessary to a choice. 



Associate Memkeks. Associate members shall be 7ion residents. 

 Their election shall be similar to that of Acting members ; and they, 

 as well as Corresponding members, shall be classed as Acting mem- 

 bers in case of their removal to this County. 



Cokkesponding and Honokaky Memheks. Con-esponding and 

 Honorary memljers shall also be elected by ballot, Ijut the allirmative 

 vote oi three-fourths of the members present shall be necessary to their 

 election. 



ARTICLE III. 



Voters. Acting mendiers only shall lie entitled to vt)te, to hold 

 office, or to transact business ; Corresponding and Honorary members 

 may attend the meetings, and take part in tlie scientitic discussions 

 of the Society. 



ARTICLE JV. 



Every Acting and Associate member upon signing tlu- oliligation 

 presttribed in Chapter 1 of the By-Laws, and paying an achnission f't-e 

 of two dollars, — and all other members upon their election, — shall 

 receive a Diploma under the Seal of the Society, in the ftjllowing Ibrm, 

 to wit : 



* This Society has adopted the Constitution ;ind liy-Laws of the I'ortland Society of .Natural 

 History, which seemed the best wlapted to its circunistauces, a few changes only being made. 



