8 PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



proval shall be necessary before the submission of such nominations for 

 vote of the Fellows ; they shall call special meetings of the Society at such 

 times and places as they shall determine; and shall arrange the programme 

 of proceedings at all meetings; and shall perform such other duties as shall 

 be, in their judgment, necessary for the prosperity of the Society and the 

 promotion of Geological Science in North America. 



<*». These officers shall be elected in the first instance by the Fellows 



present at the first meeting held after this Constitution goes into effect. 



Article V. — Meetings. 



The annual meeting shall be held between Christinas and Xew Year, at a 



place to be designated by the Executive Council. At that meeting the result 



of dictions of Fellows and officers shall be announced ; and all the general 



business of the Society shall be transacted. A second meeting shall be held 



at the time and place of the annual meeting of the American Association 



for tin Advancement of Science, the character of which shall be determined 



by the Executive Council. Special meetings can be called by the Executive 



Council. 



Article VI. — Amendmen ds. 



This Constitution may be amended at any annual meeting by the vote 

 of three-fourths : 1 i of all the Fellows: Provided, thai the amendment has 

 been proposed by five (5 Fellows, and that notice has been sent to all the 

 Fellows at least three mouths before the meeting. 



Article VII. — Provision for Effect. 



This Constitution shall go into effect when at least one hundred (100) 

 persons shall have communicated their acceptance of Fellowship to the 

 - eretary of the Organizing Committee. 



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1. Dues. -Each Fellow Bhall pay to the Treasurer annually on or before 

 the annual meeting the sum of ten i lit) dollar-. Any Fellow in arrears for 

 two (2) years shall be stricken from the list, provided he shall have been 



informed of his deficiency a second time by the Secretary of the Society, 

 after an interval of >i\ i 6 months. 



•_'. Modi of Elei hon. The detail- of the election of officers ami 

 F( Mow- -hall be left to the Executive Council. 



\mi ndmi ntts. These By-Laws may be amended at any annual meet- 

 ing by vote of three-fourths ( . I of the Fellows present. 



