CONSTITUTION, 



Article I. — Name. 



The name of this Society shall be "The Anthropological 

 Society of Washington." 



Article II. — Object. 



The object of this Society shall be to encourage the study of the 

 Natural History of Man, especially with reference to America, and 

 shall include Somatology, Sociology, Philology, Philosophy, Psy- 

 chology, and Technology. 



Article III. — Mef?ibers. 



The members of this Society shall be persons who are interested 

 in Anthropology, and shall be divided into three classes : Active, 

 Corresponding, and Honorary. The active members shall be those 

 who reside in Washington, or in its vicinity, and who shall pay the 

 dues required by Article XV. Failure to comply with this pro- 

 vision within two months after due notice of election, unless satisfac- 

 torily explained to the Council, shall render the election void. 

 Corresponding members shall be those who are engaged in an- 

 thropological investigations in other localities ; honorary members 

 shall be those who have contributed by authorship or patronage to 

 the Advancement of Anthropology. Corresponding or honorary 

 members may become active members by paying the fee required 

 by Article XV. Any corresponding member from whom no scien- 

 tific contribution is received for two years after his election may be 

 dropped from the list of members by a vote of the Council, but 

 when so dropped shall be eligible to reinstatement. 



All members shall be elected by the Council and by ballot, as fol- 

 lows : The name of the candidate shall be recommended to the 

 Council, in writing, by two members of the Society, and eight 

 affirmative ballots shall be necessary to an election. 



No person shall be entitled to the privileges of active member- 

 ship before paying the admission fee provided in Article XV. 



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