RFXORDS. 335 



To the Executive Committee of tJic American Society of 

 Naturalists : 



The committee appointed by the Society at its last annual 

 meeting to report upon the changes in the Constitution and By- 

 Laws made necessary by the action of the Society in regard to 

 the affiliation of kindred societies, begs to present the following 

 report : 



No changes are necessary in Articles L, II., and III. of the 

 Constitution. The committee recommends that the succeeding 

 articles shall be as follows : 



Article IV. 



Meetings. 



Section I. The annual meeting shall be held during the 



week following Christmas, at such time and place as shall be 



designated by a committee consisting of the President of this 



Society and the presidents of the affiliated societies. 



Section II. Special meetings may be appointed at any time 

 by a vote of the Society or of the Executive Committee. 



Article V. 

 Quorum. 



Seven members shall constitute a quorum of the Society, and 

 three a quorum of the Executive Committee. 



Article VI. 



A committee shall be appointed at each annual meeting to 

 audit the accounts of the Treasurer for the year closing with that 

 meeting. 



Article VII. 



Section I. It shall be the policy of this Society, by corre- 

 spondence and otherwise, to encourage the formation and coop- 

 erate in the work of societies of similar name and object in other 

 parts of the country, and also to encourage the affiliation with it 

 of societies whose chief object is to promote the advancement of 

 knowledge in any of the various departments of Natural History. 



Section II. Societies having the object mentioned in the last 

 paragraph of Section I. of this Article, on application and on 



