THE CONSTITUTION, 



As it stands after the revision, in accordance with the amendments adopted 

 at the New York meeting, December, 1883. 



ARTICLE I. 



NAME AND OBJECTS. 



Section i. This association shall be called The 

 Society of Naturalists of the Eastern United States. 



Sect. ii. The object of this society shall be the 

 association of working naturalists for the discussion of 

 methods of investigation and instruction, laboratory 

 technique and museum administration, and other 

 topics of interest to investigators and teachers of 

 Natural History; and for the adoption of such meas- 

 ures as shall tend to the advancement and diffusion of 

 the knowledge of Natural History in the community. 



ARTICLE II. 



MEMBERS. 



Section i. Membership in this society shall be 

 limited to persons professionally engaged in some 

 branch of Natural History as Instructors in Natural 

 History, Officers of Museums and other Scientific 

 Institutions, Physicians, and others. Any member 

 may present to the Executive Committee names of 

 candidates for membership, and those candidates who 



