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■the "Frcceedings" cf the N. O. U. shall be discontinued at the clcse of 

 Volume 6, before May 1, 1916, after which the Wilson Bulletin shall print 

 brief proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the N. O. U. 



Article III. 

 A clear and detailed statement of the affiliation of \he N. O. U. with 

 the W. O. C. together with a brief historical sketch of the N. O. U. and 

 its "Proceedings," shall be pnblishel in the first issue of the Wilson Bulle- 

 tin after the affiliation is consimimated. 



Article IV. 

 The Secretary-Treasurer of the N. O. U. shall collect from the mem- 

 bers of that organization $2.00 annual dues, and shall pay to the Treasurer 

 of the W. O. C, at the beginning of the fiscal year of the N. O. U., $1.50 

 as dues in the W. O. C. for each member of the N. O. U. in good stand- 

 ing, at the same time transmitting to the Treasurer, or other proper officer, 

 of the W. O. C. a corresponding list of the mcmbeis of the N. O. U. in 

 good standing. The 50 cents collected by the N. O. U. above its obliga- 

 tion to the W. O. C. shall be used for the general expenses of the N. O. 

 U. and to assist in the publication of independent (not serial) mono- 

 grpahic papers on the birds of Nebraska, and such publications shall bear 

 the imprint of both the N. O. U. and the V/. O. C. Such papers shall be 

 sold by the N. O. U. to its members and to members of the W. O. C. 

 who may desire them at cost. 



.\rticle V. 

 It shall be agreed between the N. O. U. and the W. O. C. that the 

 former organization shall be under no financial, or other, obligation to 

 the W. O. C. bej'ond the payment of tlie $1.50 annua! dues of its members, 

 and that thef W. O. C. shall not be responsible for any debts incurred by 

 the N. O. U. 



Article \'I. 

 If the affiliation be effected, then such persons as are, at the time, 

 mem.bers both of the N. O. U. and W. O. C, may continue to hold both 

 such memberships by the payment of regular annual dues to the N. O. U. 



At the conclusion of his remarks, in order to put the question 

 before the Union, M. H. Sv.enk moved the adoption by the N. 

 O. U. of the Articles of Agreement, as read The motion waS 

 promptly seconded. It was then discussed by R. H. Wolcott, 

 Jiliss \^anSant. L. Rruner and T. C. Stephens. The motion was 

 put and unanimously carried. 



M. H. Swcnk then moved the adoption of the following amend- 

 ments to the Constitution and By-Laws of the N. O. U.. as 



