70 THE MICROSCOPE. [May, 



SECTION III. 



Article i . — Officers. — The officers of this Society shall consist 

 of President, Vice-President, Corresponding Secretary, Recording 

 Secretary, Treasurer and Curator. 



Art. 2. — Rlections. — Officers shall be elected annually, by 

 ballot, at the first meeting in October, to enter upon the per- 

 formance of their duties at the next meeting. 



Art. 3. — Committees. — All committees shall be appointed by 

 the Chair, unless otherwise determined. Standing committees of 

 three or more members each on Membership and Essays shall be 

 appointed at the next meeting after election, to serve until their 

 successors are appointed. 



SECTION IV. 



Article i. — Amenchnents. — Any amendment to this Con- 

 stitution shall be proposed and submitted in writing, and read by 

 the Secretary at a regular meeting of the Society. It shall not 

 be voted on until the next regular meeting, when it shall be again 

 read, and an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present 

 shall be required for its adoption. 



BY-LAWS. 



Article i. — Meetings. — Regular meetings shall be held on 

 the second Tuesday of each month at S o'clock p. m., except 

 during the months of June. July, and August, when the regular 

 meetings shall be omitted. Special meetings shall be called by 

 the President upon the written request of three members. Notice 

 by mail of all meetings shall be given to all active members at 

 least twenty-four hours prior to the time of such meeting. 



Art. 2. — Entrance Fee and Dues. — The entrance fee shall 

 be one dollar. Dues shall be two dollars per annum, payable 

 semi-annually in advance. When the dues of any member shall 

 be in arrears to the amount of five dollars his attention shall be 

 called to the fact by the Treasurer. Failing to cancel his indebt- 

 edness within thirty davs after notification by the Treasurer, the 

 latter shall report the fact to the Corresponding Secretary, who 

 shall thereupon notify the delinquent member that his name has 

 been dropped from the rolls of the Society. 



Art. 3. — Duties of Officers. — The officers shall perform the 

 duties usually assigned to them in associations of a similar char- 

 acter. 



Art. 4. — Quorum. — Five active members shall constitute a 

 quorum for the transaction of business. 



Art. 5. — Amendments. — These By-Laws may be amended in 

 the same manner as provided for amendments to the Constitution. 



