THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



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as a candidate shall be admitted to 

 associate membership on subscribing 

 to the By-Laws and paying the current 

 dues. 



Associate membership shall not at 

 any one time exceed ten in number. 



Section 4. Any person of good 

 character may be proposed for cor- 

 responding membership at a meeting 

 of the Chapter. 



Election shall be by ballot as pro- 

 vided for associate membership. 



Corresponding members shall be 

 exempt from the payment of dues and 

 assessments. 



Section 5. Regular and associate 

 members are entitled to vote and to 

 hold office- 

 Corresponding members shall not 

 be entitled to vote or to hold office 

 but they shall be entitled to all other 

 privileges of membership. 



Section 6. At any regular meeting of 

 the Chapter the presiding officer shall 

 declare the membership forfeited of 

 any regular or associate member 

 whose dues or assessments are unpaid 

 for one year, without prejudice, how- 

 ever to the good intent and character 

 of a delinquent; and provided that 

 unpaid dues and assessments may be 

 abated and the membership may be 

 continued by vote of the Chapter. 

 Article III. 

 Dues and Assessments- 

 Section 1. The annual dues shall 

 be one dollar and shall be payable on 

 the first day of January of each year. 

 Section 2. Assessments may be 

 levied upon regular and associate 

 members to defray the exoense of 

 excursions, investigations and for such 

 other purposes as may be authorized 

 by vote of two-thirds of the members 

 present and voting at a meeting of 

 the Chapter ; provided, however, that 

 payment of an assessment shall be 

 binding unon those members only who 

 participate in its application. 

 Article IV. 

 Officers. 

 Section 1. The officers of this 

 Chanter shall be a President, a Vice- 

 President, a Treasurer, a Recording 

 Secretary and a Corresponding Sec- 

 retary. 



Section 2. The officers shall be 



elected by ballot at the annual meet- 

 ing to hold office for one year or un- 

 til their successors are chosen. 



Section 3. Any vacancy occurring 

 may be filled at any meeting in the 

 manner provided for election at an 

 annual meeting. 



Article V. 

 Duties of Officers. 



Section i- The President shall pre- 

 side at all meetings of the Chapter and 

 shall perform the duties usually ap- 

 pertaining to the office. 



Section 2. The Vice-President 

 shall, in the absence of the President, 

 perform all the duties of that officer. 



Section 3. The Treasurer shall col- 

 lect all dues and assessments, have 

 charge of all funds, and from said 

 funds shall pay all bills which have 

 been approved at a meeting of the 

 Chapter. He shall submit a report 

 of his accounts to the Chapter at the 

 annual meeting or at any other meet- 

 ing if required. 



Section 4. The Recording Secretary 

 shall keep a record of the proceedings 

 of the Chapter. He shall notify all 

 members and officers of their elections 

 and committees of their appointments, 

 and shall issue notifications when di- 

 rected by the President, in the absence 

 of the President and Vice-President 

 he shall call a meeting to order and 

 shall preside until a chairman is 

 chosen. 



Section 5. The Corresponding Sec- 

 retary shall conduct the affairs of the 

 Chapter in its relations with outside 

 parties, subject, however, to the di- 

 rection or approval of the President 

 or of the Chapter. He shall conduct 

 all correspondence except that which 

 is the province of the Treasurer or 

 Recording Secretary in the discharge 

 of their duties. 



He shall, during the first week of 

 March in each year, send to the Presi- 

 dent of the Agassiz Association a care- 

 fully prepared annual report of the 

 doings of this Chapter. Should this 

 Chanter at any time disband he shall 

 send immediate notice thereof, to the 

 President of the Agassiz Association. 

 Artice VI. 

 Meetings. 



Section t. The annual meeting 



