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2. Candidates for membership to be proposed. 



3. Election of members. 



4. 'Reading the minutes of the executive board. 



5. Business arising from the reading of minutes of the executive 

 board. 



6. Unfinished business. 



7. New business. 



8. Scientific communications. 



9. Donations. 

 10. Adjournment. 



The order of proceeding at scientific meetings shall be as follows: 



1. Reading of minutes of preceding scientific meeting. 



2. Written communications. 



3. Verbal communications. 



4. Candidates for membership to be proposed. 



5. Election of members. 



6. Miscellaneous business, 



7. Donations. 



8. Adjournment 



ARTICLE IX. — AMENDMENTS. 



Section 1. All propositions to amend these By-Laws shall be in 

 writing, and shall not be acted upon until the next regular meeting, 

 when a majoritj^ vote of the members present shall be sufficient to 

 adopt. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The following officers were elected at the regular annual meeting of 

 the Cincinnati Society of Natural Histor}^ held April 6, J880: 

 President — Dr. R, M. Byrnes. 

 1st Vice-President — Dr. J. H. Hunt. 

 2d Vice-President— Dr. D. S. Young. 

 Secretary — Dr. F. W. Langdon. 

 Treasurer — S. E. Wright. 

 Librarian — S. A, Miller. 



Curator of Palaeontology — Prof. J. Mickelborough. 

 Curator of Entomology — V, T. Chambers. 

 Curator of Botany — Davis L. James. 

 Curator of Ornithology — John W. Shorten. 

 Curator of Ichth3'olog3^ — Dr. D. S. Young. 



