semi-annual contributions, unless satisfactory reasons be assigned 

 for non-payment, the treasurer shall report the case at a meeting 

 for business, and, if a majority of the members present concur, 

 his membership shall be considered forfeited. 



Art. VI. If any person shall be balloted for and rejected, 

 or his name be withdrawn previous to ballot, no note of said 

 rejection or withdrawal shall be made on the minutes of the 

 Section. 



Art. YII. No candidate thus rejected shall be proposed 

 again before the expiration of one year ; nor shall any one 

 whose name has been withdrawn previous to ballot, be proposed 

 again until the expiration of six months after the date of said 

 withdrawal. 



Art. VIII. Any member shall have leave to resign upon 

 written application therefor, accompanied by a certificate from 

 the treasurer that all arrears due from him to the Section have 

 been discharged. 



Art. IX. Any member may be expelled from the Section 

 for any flagrant act of disrespect to the officers or members of 

 the Section, or wilful violation of its laws or rules, or for 

 dishonorable conduct. 



Art. X. A motion to expel must be accompanied by a 

 charge or charges and specifications signed by at least two 

 members ; and on the adoption of such motion, the Secretary 

 shall, without delay, notify the member that a proposition to 

 expel him will be considered at the next meeting of the Section. 



Art. XI. No member shall be expelled unless three-fourths 

 of the members present agree thereto, provided that at least 

 six members vote, and then not without having an opportunity 

 afibrdcd him to defend himself. 



Art. XII. No person thus expelled shall be eligible for 

 membership under any circumstances. 



Art. XIII. No person residing in Philadelphia, or within a 

 circuit of thirty miles around it, unless he be an officer of the 

 army or navy, shall be elected a correspondent ; nor shall any 

 correspondent continue to be such after he shall have become 

 permanently domiciled within the said circuit. But any corre's- 

 pondent may become a member without an election, provided 



