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Rules for the organization of Sections in the Society of Nat- 

 ural History : 



Rule I. Sections may be organized by the request of five 

 members, addressed to the Curator of any department designated 

 by Section 6, Article II., of the By Laws. The Curator shall 

 then give general notice of a meeting for organization, either at a 

 general meeting of the Society or by written notice to all the mem- 

 bers. No person not a member of the Society shall be permitted 

 to join the Sections. 



Rule II. Officers of Sections, except the chairman, may be 

 elected by Sections. The Curator of the department under which 

 a Section is organized must be ex offlcio chairman, as prescribed by 

 the By-Laws. 



The time of meetings and such rules as may be necessary for 

 their government may be adopted by Sections, provided such 

 rules shall not conflict with the Constitution and By-Laws of the 

 Society, and shall be subject to revision by the Society, to whom 

 said rules shall be submitted for approval. 



Rule III. Sections may assess their members for such ex- 

 penses as may be directly incurred by the Section, but they shall 

 not incur any indebtedness unless there is money in the hands of 

 its treasurer to cover the same ; and the Society shall not become 

 liable for any expenditures that may be made, unless an appropri- 

 ation shall have been allowed by the Executive Board. On the 

 dissolution of a Section, any balance of money in its treasury of 

 property it may have acquired shall be transferred to the Society. 



Rule IV. Papers read before Sections intended for publica- 

 tion in the Journal of the Society, shall be presented to the Soci- 

 ety either by title or by abstract, when they may, or may not, be 

 referred to the publishing committee, as are papers in regular 

 course. 



Rule V. Chairmen of Sections shall make a report of the 

 transactions of their Sections at each annual meeting of the Society 

 in April. 



The report of Committee on Revision of Constitution was read 

 and received and laid over ibr consideration at the next meeting. 



The following paper was read and referred to the Publication 

 Committee : 



