ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING. 



At the adjourned Annual Meeting of the Essex Institute, 

 holden at its rooms, Oct. 3, 1887, the following by-laws 

 were reported by the committee appointed at the preced- 

 ing Annual Meeting, and adopted b}' the Institute. 



At the same meeting, lists of Honorary and of (corre- 

 sponding Members were submitted for election by the 

 Board of Directors, and the Members so nominated were 

 duly elected by ballot. 



ARTICLE I. MEMBERSHIP. 



Sec. 1. Any person may be elected a member, at a regular meeting, 

 by a majority vote of the members present and voting, the name of 

 such person having been proposed in writing by two members at a 

 previous meeting. 



Skc. 2. Any person not residing In the County of Essex, who may 

 be interested in the objects of the Institute, or desirous of promoting 

 its work, maybe elected a corresponding member, at a regular meeting, 

 by a majority vote of the members present and voting, upon nomina- 

 tion by the Board of Directors; but corresponding members shall not 

 be eligible to office, or entitled to vote, or liable to assessment. 



Skc. 3. Persons who shall have attained an eminent distinction in 

 Science, Literature or the Arts, may be elected honorary members, at 

 the annual meeting, by a majority vote of the members present and 

 voting, upon nomination by the Board of Directors. 



Sec. 4. Any member may become a life member, and be exempt from 

 the payment of the annual assessment, by paying the sum of fifty dol- 

 lars to be added to the invested funds of the society. 



ARTICLE II. OFFICERS. 



Sec. 1. The officers of the society shall be a President, four Vice 

 Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, an Auditor, and a Librarian, who, 

 with a Council of ten members, shall constitute the Board of Directors. 



Sec. 2. The above officers shall be chosen by ballot at the annual 

 meeting of the society, and shall serve for the term of one year, and 

 until the election of their successors. 



Sec. 3. The Board of Directors shall have the custody of the build- 

 ings, funds, securities and properties of all kinds belonging to the so- 

 ciety, and shall have full power to transact all the general business of 



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