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their successors .shall bo appointed, from among the resident members of the institu- 

 tion. This election shall take place at the annual meeting; and each member who 

 is duly qualified, and shall be present at such meeting, shall have a vote in said 

 election. 



Article ninth. The annual meeting shall be held on the first Monday in each year, 

 or as soon thereafter as may be convenient; the stated meetings on the second Mon- 

 day in each month, and special meetings whenever five resident members shall con- 

 cur in a request to that effect. 



Article tenth. The president, vice-president, or, in their absence, one of the directors, 

 in order of seniority, as named in article eighth, shall preside at all meetings of the 

 institution; or if neither of these members be present, the meeting shall elect its 

 own chairman. 



Article eleventh. The election of members shall be by ballot; the candidate l>eing 

 nominated to the corresponding secretary, in writing, at least one week before the 

 meeting when he is so balloted for, and proposed by any three directors of the society. 



Article twelfth. Resident members shall, on admission, subscribe the constitution 

 of the institution and pay to the treasurer five dollars each, and annually thereafter, 

 on the first Monday in January, five dollars each, to aid in defraying neceasary 

 expenses, and for such other purposes as the board of management may direct. 



Article thirteenth. No resident member shall vote at any stated or other meeting 

 of the institution, on any question whatever, who has not paid his subscription and 

 annual dues, or who shall not have attended a meeting of the institution within one 

 year previous to such meeting. 



Article fourteenth. The resident and corresponding members shall exert themselves 

 to procure specimens of natural history, and so forth; and the said specimens shall 

 be placed in the cabinet, under the superintendence of a board of curators, to be 

 appointed by the directors. All such specimens, and so forth, unless deposited spe- 

 cially, shall remain in the cabinet; and, in case of the dissolution of the institution, 

 shall become the property of the United States. 



Article fifteenth. The resident members of the institution shall be divided into 

 such departments as may hereafter be determined upon. The members composing 

 each department shall especially be charged with the subjects embraced therein, and 

 communicate to the institution the result of their inquiries; but every member shall 

 have the privilege of making such communications as he may think proper on any 

 subject connected with the designs of the institution. 



Article sixteenth. The various collections of the institution shall be placed in the 

 apartments which may be designated for that purpose by a majority of the directors. 



Article seventeenth. This constitution, with the exceptions of articles six, eight, 

 ten, fourteen, and sixteen, or so much thereof as relates to the office of directors, 

 their duties privileges, or powers, or the purposes or place of keeping of the collec- 

 tions of the institution, shall be subject to alterations and additions at any meeting 

 of the institution: Provided, Notice of a motion for such alteration or addition shall 

 have been given and recorded at a preceding regular meeting: And pronded, further, 

 That no alterations or amendments shall ever be made in the above referred to articles 

 without the consent of a majority of the directors. 



Article eighteenth. A code of by-laws for the regulation of the business of the 

 board of management, and the annual and other meetings of the institution, and for 

 matters relating to nonattendance, privileges, duties of officers, and so forth, shall 

 be prepared by a committee to be appointed for that purpose. 



Article nineteenth. All persons present at the adoption of this constitution shall, 

 if desirous of becoming members of the institution, sign the same as evidence of such 

 desire, and in proof of such membership; and all members subsequently admitted 

 shall sign the same at the first meeting of the society which they may attend after 

 such admission. 



