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shall be to provide suitable scientific work for the meetings, and to 

 determine the order in which papers and reports shall be read and 

 considered. 



ARTICLE V. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



Sec. I. The Club shall consist of Active Members, Corre- 

 sponding Members, and Honorary Members. 



Sec. 2. Any ornithologist of good standing shall be eligible 

 for membership. 



Sec. J. Each applicant for membership must be recommended 

 in writing by at least two members of the Club. If the report of 

 the Committee on Membership be favorable, the applicant shall 

 then be balloted for, and if four-fifths of the votes cast be in his 

 favor, he shall be declared elected. Such election must be consum- 

 mated by the payment of the initiation fee within thirty days. 



Sec. 4. Any member in good standing may withdraw from 

 membership by paying his dues and notifying the Club in person 

 or by letter. 



Sec.^. Any member who shall be found guilty of ungentle- 

 manly conduct or dishonest dealings, may be expelled or removed 

 from office by a three-fourths vote of the members present at a reg- 

 ular meeting, provided that the charges shall have been mvestigated 

 and sustained by a committee of three who shall be appointed for 

 that purpose, and due notice has been sent to every member stating 

 the date of meeting at which final action is to be taken. 



Sec. 6. Candidates for admission into the Club as correspond- 

 ing members must be proposed in writing by two members and bal- 

 loted for, any candidate receiving three negative ballots being re- 

 jected. A candidate rejected for corresponding membership shall 

 be ineligible thereto for two years after such rejection. Correspond- 

 ing members shall be entitled to all the privileges of active member- 

 ship, except the right to vote or to hold office. 



Sec. 7. The Club may elect, by unanimous vote, distinguished 

 ornithologists to honorary membership, who shall be entitled to all 

 the privileges of active membership, except the right to vote or to 

 hold office. 



Sec. 8. Corresponding and honorary members shall be exempt 

 from payment of dues. 



