66 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE B. O. U. 



Members, wlicu there are vacancies in the list, shall be 

 elected in the same ^ay. 



4. No person shall be balloted for whose name shall not 

 have been proposed on a form provided for the purpose by 

 the Secretary and signed by the Proposer, on his personal 

 knowledge, and by two other Members. The list of Candi- 

 dates, with their Proposers and Seconders, shall be circulated 

 among the Members along with the summonses for the 

 General Meeting. 



5. Every new Ordinary Member shall j)ay an Entrance 

 Fee of £2, and an Annual Subscription of £1 on his election, 

 and every Ordinary Member shall pay an Annual Sub- 

 scription of .€1 on the 1st of January of each year. Every 

 new Ordinary Member failing to pay his Entrance Fee and 

 his first Annual Subscription before the 31st of December 

 immediately following his election shall have his election 

 annulled, unless he shall furnish a satisfactory explanation. 



6. Any Member whose subscription is three years in 

 arrears shall, ipso facto, cease to belong to the British 

 Ornithologists' Union, but shall be eligible for re-election 

 by Ballot on paying up his arrears. In such case, however, 

 no fee for re-admission shall be required. 



7. The funds derived from entrance fees and annual sub- 

 scriptions shall be devoted primarily to the publication of 

 ' Tiie Ibis.' 



8. Shox;ld the sum thus obtained be insufficient to cover 

 the liability incurred, the deficit shall be raised by an 

 additional subscription, to be levied at the ensuing General 

 Meeting. 



9. The Editor of * The Ibis ' shall be elected at the Annual 

 General Meeting, and his appointment shall continue for 

 six years, unless otherwise determined. Twelve months' 

 notice of a change must be given on either side. 



10. The business of the British Ornithologists' Union 

 shall be conducted by a Committee, consisting of a President, 

 Secretary, Editor or Editors of '■ The Ibis ' ; and three 

 Members to be elected at the General JNIeeting. One of the 

 non-official Members shall retire in each vear. 



