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dues shall be removed from the roll of membership; provided 

 that two notices of indebtedness shall have been given him by the 

 Treasurer, at intervals of three months ; and no such person 

 shall be restored to membership until all arrearages have been 

 paid, or the person has been re-elected. 



Section §. Active and Associate Members not in arrears for 

 dues shall receive the regular serial publication of the Union, en- 

 titled 'The Auk,' gratis. All the publications of the Union shall 

 be sent gratis to Honorary Members. 



Section 6. On payment of one hundred dollars any Active 

 Member may become a Life Member, exempt from all further 

 fees or assessments, and retaining all the rights and privileges 

 of an Active Member. 



Section 7. Any person desirous of furthering the aims of 

 the Union may become a Patron thereof on payment of the sum 

 of five hundred dollars, and his name shall be perpetually in- 

 scribed upon the records of the Union. 



Article VI. Of Sciefztijic Com7miiiications a7id Publications. 



Sectiofi I. The Union may publish, under the direction of 

 the Council, a serial Journal of Ornithology, called 'The Auk,' 

 and such reports, proceedings, memoirs, and other works on 

 Ornithology as the Council may authorize. 



Section 2. Communications on Ornithology may be read at 

 the Stated Meetings of the Union, by any member, or for him 

 by any other member, notice of the same having been previously 

 given to the Secretary. 



Section J. Any member may read a paper for a person who 

 is not a member, and shall not be considered responsible for the 

 fiicts or opinions expressed by the author, but shall be held 

 responsible for the appropriateness of the paper. Persons who 

 are not members may read papers on invitation of the President, 

 and with the approval of the Committee of Arrangements. 



Section 4. The Secretary shall receive at any time scientific 

 papers for presentation at the Stated Meetings, and shall report 

 the date of their reception at the next Stated Meeting. 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. 



