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to form this majority so that they can legally transact the bus- 

 iness, a second meeting may be called in the same manner as 

 the first, one month from that date, and the questions presented 

 in the same manner as at the first meeting and be decided by a 

 majority of four-fifths of the members present. 



The following articles can be changed at a general meeting 

 called especially for this purpose by the Executive Council and 

 with the consent of three-fourths of the active members present 

 at the meeting. 



ARTICLE II.— MEMBERSHIR 



Sec. 6. The society is composed of an unlimited number of 

 active and associate members. 



The election of active and associate members belongs to the 

 general assemblies after nomination by the Executive Council. 

 A majority of votes upon secret ballot shall elect. 



Sec. 7. The Diploma of honorary or corresponding member- 

 ship can be awarded to persons who have rendered or who are 

 able to render some service to the society. The number of hon- 

 orary members is limited to fifteen, that of corresponding mem- 

 bers to forty. The right of electing honorary and corresponding 

 members belongs to the general assemblies of the society after 

 their nomination by the Executive Council. 



The honorary and corresponding members have the same 

 right as the active members to be present at the meetings and 

 to speak upon scientific questions. 



No one can become an associate member of the society if he 

 is less than fifteen years of age or more than twenty-four, and 

 associate members are not permitted to participate in discus- 

 sion. 



Sec. 8. Active members pay an annual fee of three dollars ; 

 associate members, one dollar; non resident active members can 

 substitute for the annual fee a single payment of forty dollars. 



Sec 9. All members can examine the specimens, books, &c. 

 of the society if they comply with the special regulations. Ac- 

 tive and honorary members are each entitled to one copy of the 

 Annals of the Society. Corresponding and associate members 

 are entitled only to the monthly bulletia. 



SECTION III.— MEETINGS. 



Sec. 10. The members of the society meet in a general assem- 



