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Adjourned Meeting^ May 13, 1898. 

 Yice- President Pepper in the Cliair. 



Present, 27 members. 



The consideration of the amendments to the Laws being in 

 order, Mr. George F. Edmunds, on behalf of the Committee 

 proposing the amendments, made a statement concerning the 

 amendments proposed, and on motion the Laws and Ordi- 

 nances were adopted in conformity with the Charter as 

 follows: 



THE LAWS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL 



SOtlETY. 



Chapter I. 



OF THE MEMBERS, AND MANNER OF THEIR ELECTION. 



Section i. The election of members shall be by ballot, and 

 shall form part of the stated business of the meetings on the third 

 Fridays of February, May, October and December. 



2. A member may, at any meeting, nominate in writing a can- 

 didate for membership, and the nomination so made may, in like 

 manner, be concurred in by other members. The board of officers 

 and council may also nominate candidates for membership ; and 

 such nominations shall be certified to the Society by a minute there- 

 of in writing, attested by the clerk of said board. 



3. No person shall be balloted for, unless his nomination, with 

 the names of the members proposing him, or the minute of the board 

 of officers and council, made as aforesaid, shall have been publicly 

 read to the Society at the two stated meetings preceding that at 

 which the balloting takes place. Nor shall any person be deemed 

 duly chosen unless three-fourths of the votes given shall be in his 

 favor. 



4. Before entering upon an election for members, one of the sec- 

 retaries shall read the names of the several candidates ; and any 

 member may then, for the information of the Society, speak to their 

 character and qualifications for membership. 



5. The names of the candidates and their places of abode shall 

 be designated on the ballots, and the names of the officers shall be 



