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Addendum. 



At a meeting of persons especially interested in the proposition 

 to study the movements of birds by the banding method, held in 

 the Hotel Endicott, New York City, on the evening of December 8, 

 it was decided to form a definite organization for carrying on the 

 work. Accordingly a committee was appointed which drew up 

 the following: 



Articles of Association. 

 Article I. Name. 



The name of this organization shall be the American Bird Banding 

 Association. 



Article II. Object. 



The object shall be the banding of wild birds and the recording of accurate 

 data on their movements. 



Article III. Membership. 



Any person interested in the objects of the Association may become a 

 member upon payment of the annual dues. 



Article IV. Dues. 



The dues shall be one dollar annually, payable January first. 



Article V. Officers. 



An executive committee of five members, elected by the Association, 

 shall transact all business of the Association and shall render an annual 

 report. This committee shall have the power to fill all vacancies which 

 may occur in its membership. 



Article VI. 



Upon the written petition of twenty (20) members, made to the Execu- 

 tive Committee, any question may be brought to a vote by the Association. 



Article VII. 



Any member more than two years in arrears for dues shall automatically 

 cease to be a member of the Association. 



The organization thus started with a membership of over thirty 

 persons, being mostly members of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union who were in attendance at the annual meetings of that 



