IO By-Laws and Rules. 
But such papers shall date, in the records of the Union, from 
the date of their presentation to the Union; their order of 
presentation shall be that in which they were registered, unless 
changed by the Council. 
Article VII. Of the Property of the’ Union. 
Section 1. Attinvestments-ef-funds-shall-be made bythe 
Treastirer, in-the- corporate name-of the Union, insecurities 
“approved by the Council. 
Section 2. No contract shall be binding upon the Union 
which has not been authorized by the Council. No liability 
exceeding one thousand dollars, nor total debt exceeding two 
thousand dollars, shall be incurred by the Council without 
the formal consent of the Union as expressed by a majority 
vote at a Stated Meeting. : 
Section 3. Bequests and trusts having for their object the 
advancement of Ornithology may be accepted and adminis- ° 
tered by the Union. 
Article VIII. Of Additions and Amendments to the 
By-Laws. 
Notice of proposed Additions or Amendments to the By- 
Laws must be in writing, signed by two Fellows, and must 
be given at a session of the Fellows ina Stated Meeting of the 
Union. All such propositions shall be referred to the Council, 
which may amend the propositions, and shall report thereon to 
the Fellows at the same session. Its report shall be considered 
by the Fellows in committee of the whole for amendment. 
The proposition, as amended, if adopted in committee of the 
whole, shall be voted on by the Fellows at the next Stated 
Meeting, and if it receive two thirds of the votes cast it shall 
be declared adopted. 
Absent Fellows may send their vote on pending changes in 
the By-Laws to the Secretary in writing, and such votes shall 
be counted as if the Fellows were present. 
