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Rules of the Association. 
1. The name of this association shall be the “ American Associa- 
tion of Conchologists.” 
2. Its object shall be to enlist its members in the systematic study 
of the Mollusca, so that by harmonious co-operation better results 
may be accomplished for science. 
3. There shall be no dues or charges attached to membership. 
4. The officers shall be a President, vice-President and Secre- 
tary, who shall be chosen annually upon the first Wednesday of 
June. Upon that day each member shall send a communication to 
the Secretary, designating his choice for officers, and the person 
receiving the highest number of votes for each position shall be 
declared elected and shall assume office upon the 15th of June 
following. 
5. The officers shall constitute a committee on membership. An 
applicant must be proposed to the Secretary, and upon a unanimous 
recommendation of the committee shall be enrolled as a member of 
the association. 
6. As soon as possible after enrollment, each member shall select 
for special study some group, family or division of Mollusca, or 
some special branch of Conchology, and inform the President of 
his selection. 
7. Members shall aid each other in naming shells, determining 
species, settling disputed questions, ete. 
8. They shall also, whenever possible, make special collections 
of shells, ete. They are recommended also to make general collec- 
tions, representing the leading genera and forms, both recent and 
fossil. 
Young Collectors’ Department. 
LEAVES FROM A DIARY. 
BY M. BURTON WILLIAMSON. 
“We had thought the cliff at White’s Point, Los Angeles 
County, hard to descend, but, when we saw the precipitous trail 
down which we were to pass at Point Fermin, we almost held our 
