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Art. III. The bronze medal shall be annually awarded by 

 the Section to any person whom it may consider entitled to the 

 honor. 



Art. IV. The silver medal shall be presented annually to 

 the person who shall submit for that purpose the best essay for 

 publication in the "Journal." The Section reserves to itself the 

 right to designate, upon the recommendation of the committee 

 on lectures and prizes, the subject of competition for this prize. 



Art. V. The gold medal shall be awarded once in five years 

 upon the decision of a special committee, which shall take into 

 consideration the merits of persons to be nominated by each 

 scientific standing committee. It is not necessary that the re- 

 cipient of this prize shall be an American citizen, or that his 

 paper shall be published in the first instance in the "Journal" 

 of this Section ; it is intended to reward, by this recognition, 

 the highest merit, wherever found. 



CHAPTER XV. 

 meetings. 



Art. I The stated meetings of the Section shall be held on 

 the first Thursday evening of each month, at eight o'clock. 



Art. II. Special meetings may be convened by resolution of 

 the Section, or by public notice from the Director, or at the writ- 

 ten request of five members. 



Art. III. Three members shall constitute a quorum. 



Art. IV. Strangers may be introduced at meetings of the 

 Section. 



Art. V. The order of business at meetings shall be : 



1. Minutes of the last meeting shall be read, 



2. Donations to the museum read, and report of new species 

 wanted for the museum, and action thereon. 



3. Donations to the library read, and report on new books 

 , wanted for the library, and action thereon. 



4. Written communications to be made. 



1. Correspondence. 



2. Papers read and referred to committees. 



