﻿by 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee, 
  whose 
  duty 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  to 
  have 
  direc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  finances, 
  audit 
  the 
  accounts 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary-Treasurer, 
  

   provide 
  for 
  pul)lication, 
  and 
  transact 
  any 
  other 
  necessary 
  busi- 
  

   ness. 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  VI.— 
  MEETINGS. 
  

  

  Five 
  (5) 
  members 
  shall 
  constitute 
  a 
  quorum. 
  The 
  regular 
  

   meetings 
  are 
  to 
  open 
  7 
  :30 
  p. 
  m., 
  and 
  shall 
  be 
  held, 
  unless 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  ordered, 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  Thursday 
  of 
  each 
  month. 
  The 
  annual 
  

   meeting 
  for 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  officers 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  regular 
  meeting 
  

   for 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  January. 
  The 
  nominations 
  for 
  officers 
  shall 
  be 
  

   accepted 
  at 
  the 
  preceding 
  meeting. 
  Special 
  meetings 
  may 
  be 
  

   called 
  by 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee. 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  VII.— 
  FEES. 
  

  

  The 
  annual 
  fee 
  for 
  active 
  members 
  shall 
  be 
  five 
  dollars 
  ($5.00), 
  

   payable 
  upon 
  election 
  and 
  at 
  each 
  annual 
  meeting 
  thereafter, 
  

   unless 
  such 
  election 
  take 
  place 
  after 
  the 
  last 
  day 
  of 
  September, 
  

   when 
  no 
  fees 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  collected 
  for 
  that 
  year. 
  No 
  fees 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  

   collected 
  from 
  corresponding 
  members, 
  or 
  ladies 
  who 
  are 
  active 
  

   members. 
  Any 
  member 
  in 
  arrears 
  for 
  one 
  year 
  may, 
  after 
  due 
  

   notification, 
  be 
  dropped 
  from 
  the 
  rolls. 
  No 
  member 
  in 
  arrears 
  

   shall 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  vote. 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  VIII.— 
  AMENDMENTS. 
  

  

  The 
  Constitution 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  may 
  be 
  amended 
  at 
  any 
  reg- 
  

   ular 
  meeting 
  by 
  a 
  two-thirds 
  vote 
  of 
  the 
  active 
  members 
  present, 
  

   specific 
  notice 
  of 
  such 
  amendment 
  having 
  been 
  given 
  in 
  writing 
  to 
  

   all 
  active 
  members 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  month 
  previously. 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  IX.— 
  ORDER 
  OF 
  BUSINESS. 
  

  

  The 
  order 
  of 
  business 
  of 
  the 
  regular 
  meetings, 
  unless 
  otherwise 
  

   ordered 
  by 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee, 
  shall 
  be 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   I. 
  — 
  Reading 
  and 
  Approval 
  of 
  Minutes 
  of 
  Last 
  Meeting. 
  

  

  — 
  Reports 
  of 
  Officers 
  and 
  Committees. 
  

  

  — 
  Election 
  of 
  Members. 
  

  

  — 
  Miscellaneous 
  Business. 
  

  

  — 
  Reading 
  of 
  Papers 
  and 
  Discussions. 
  

  

  — 
  Notes 
  and 
  Exhibitions 
  of 
  Specimens. 
  

  

  — 
  Motion 
  to 
  Adjourn. 
  

  

  