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The Secretary and Editor shall be eligible to re-election without limita- 

 tion. 



The term of office of the Councilors shall be three years ; and these officers 

 shall be so grouped that two shall be elected and two retire each year. 

 Councilors retired shall not be re-eligible till after the expiration of a year. 



ARTICLE V. — Voting and Elections. 



Sec. 1. All elections shall be by ballot. To elect a Fellow, Correspond- 

 ent, or Patron, or to impose any special tax shall require the assent of nine- 

 tenths of all Fellows voting. 



Sec. 2. Voting by letter may be allowed. 



Sec. 3. Election of Fellows. — Nominations for fellowship may be made by 

 two Fellows, according to a form to be provided by the Council. One of 

 these Fellows must be personally acquainted with the nominee and his quali- 

 fications for membership. The Council will submit the nominations received 

 by them, if approved, to a vote of the Society in the manner provided in 

 the By-Laws. The result may be announced at any stated meeting ; after 

 which notices shall be sent out to Fellows elect. 



Sec. 4. Election of Officers. — Nominations for office shall be made by the 

 Council. The nominations shall be submitted to a vote of the Society in the 

 same manner as nominations for fellowship. The results shall be announced 

 at the Annual Meeting ; and the officers thus elected shall enter upon duty 

 at the adjournment of the meeting. 



ARTICLE VI.— Meetings. 



Sec. 1. The Society shall hold at least two stated meetings a year — a 

 Summer Meeting, at the same locality and during the same week as the an- 

 nual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 and a Winter Meeting. The date and place of the Winter Meeting shall be 

 fixed by the Council, and announced by circular each year within a month 

 after the adjournment of the Summer Meeting. The programme of each 

 Meeting shall be determined by the Council, and announced beforehand, 

 in its general features. The details of the daily sessions shall also be ar- 

 ranged by the Council. 



Sec. 2. The Winter Meeting shall be regarded as the Annual Meeting. 

 At this, elections of Officers shall be declared, and the officers elect shall 

 enter upon duty at the adjournment of the Meeting. 



Sec. 3. Special Meetings may be called by the Council, and must be 

 called upon the written request of twenty Fellows. 



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