profession, qualifications and usual place of residence of the candi- 

 date. All propositions for resident membership must be made at a 

 stated meeting, and be balloted for at the next stated meeting, when 

 the affirmative votes of three fourths of the members present shall be 

 necessary to elect a candidate. 



Art. II. — xlll propositions for admission into the Society as corres- 

 ponding members must be made in writing, by two members, at a 

 stated meeting, and be balloted for at the next stated meeting, when 

 the affirmative votes of three-fourths of the members present shall be 

 necessary to elect a candidate. 



^ Art. III. — No person residin-^ in Philadelphia, unless he be an 

 officer of the army or navy, c;in be elected a corresponding member, 

 nor shall he continue as such after he shall have removed permanently 

 to Philadelphia. In such case a re-election is not necessary, but the 

 corresponding member becomes liable for the annual contributions. 



Art. IV. — All such persons as shall in the opinion of the Society 

 merit that distinction, may, on the recommendation of three members, 

 be proposed in writing as candidates for honorai-y membership at one 

 stated meeting, and be balloted for at the next stated meeting, when a 

 unanimous vote shall be necessary to an election. 



Art. V. — No resident member shall be entitled to the privileges of 

 membership until he shall have paid the initiation fee and signed the 

 following obligation : 



In becoming a resident member of the Ameuican Entomological Society, I 

 prnniise to conform myself to its Charter, Constitution, By-Laws and Regula- 

 tions, and in testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name. 



Art. YI. — If any person shall be balloted for and refu.sed, or his 

 name withdrawn previous to the ballot, no note of said rejection or 

 withdrawal shall be made on the minutes of the Society. 



CHAPTER III. 



OF contributions. 

 Art. I. — Every resident member elect shall pay to the Treasurer 

 an initiation fee of five dollars. 



Art. II. — Every resident member shall be subject to a semi-annual 

 contribution of one dollar and fifty cents, payable to the Treasurer in 

 June and December. Resident members removing permanently from 

 the city shall upon request in writing, become corresponding mem- 



