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LAWS OF THE ASSOCIATION 0¥ ECONOMIC 

 BIOLOGISTS 



1. Tilt' Association shall bu named "The Association of Economic Biologists." 



2. The objects of the Association shall be to promote the study and advancement 

 of all branches of Biology witli particular reference to their appUed aspects. 



3. The Association shall consist of Honorary and Ordinaiy Members. 



4. Each candidate for ordinary membership shall be nominated by two members. 

 Such nomination shall be approved by the Council and confirmed by a vote of two- 

 thirds of the members present and voting at the next General Meeting. 



Every member elected shall receive notice from the Secretaries and shall continue 

 a member until his written resignation shall be received by the Secretaries, or until 

 membership be forfeited under the Laws. 



Ordinary Members shall pay an annual subscription of Twenty-tive Shillings, due 

 on January 1st of each year, or may compound for their subscription with a sum of 

 Twenty-five Pounds. 



All Ordinary Members on first election shall pay an entrance fee of half-a-guinea. 



5. Ordinary Members shall be entitled to admission to all the meetings of the 

 Association, to vote thereat, to present papers, to take part in discussions and to 

 receive a copy of the Association's publications. 



Each member shall be entitled to introduce personally non-members to the 

 Association's meetings. 



6. Honorary Members shall be persons, not subjects of the British Croivn, who 

 have contributed in an eminent degree to the advancement of the science of Applied 

 Biology. They shall be recommended by a majority of the whole Council and elected 

 in the same manner as Ordinary Members. 



The number of Honorary Members shall not at any time exceed twelve and not 

 more than two shall be elected in any one year. 



Honorary Members shall not be liable to any payments and shall each receive a 

 copy of the Association's publications. 



Then- privileges shall be the same as those of Ordinary Members, but they shall 

 not be entitled to vote at the meetings. 



7. The Council shall have power, at any of their meetings, by two-thirds of the 

 votes of those present and votmg, to terminate the membership of any member 

 whose subscription shall be one year or more in arrears, or whose membership shall, 

 from any other cause, be undesirable. No member whose subscription is in arrears 

 shall be entitled to vote at a General Meeting or to receive the Association's publi- 

 cations, nor shall any pubUcation be sent to a new member until his entrance fee 

 and subscription shall have been received. 



8. All meetings shall be announced by circular addressed to all Members resident 

 in the United Kingdom. The place and time of the meetings shall be decided by the 

 Council; ten shall be a quorum at such a meeting. 



