prepare all unbound books for binding. He shall announce all ad- 

 ditions to the collections at each meeting of the Society, and shall 

 make to the Executive Committee a monthly report of the work 

 done on the collections and the library. He shall receive compen- 

 sation, and shall remain in attendance in the rooms of the Society 

 certain hours each day, the compensation and hours to be determined 

 by the Society at their stated meeting in December. 



CHAPTER II. 



OF MEMBERS. 



ART. I. The Society shall consist of resident members and cor- 

 responding members. 



ART. II. All candidates for admission into the Society as resident 

 members must be proposed and vouched for in writing by two mem- 

 bers, who shall be required to have some personal acquaintance with 

 the one they propose, and shall also be required to state the character, 

 profession, qualifications and place of residence of the candidate. 

 All propositions for resident membership must be made at a stated 

 meeting, and be balloted for at the next stated meeting, when the 

 affirmative votes of three-fourths of the members present shall be 

 necessary to elect a candidate. 



ART. III. The right of voting, of holding office, and of trans- 

 acting business, shall be confined solely to resident members. Cor- 

 responding members shall have all other privileges of resident 

 members. 



ART. IV. Propositions for admission into the Society as corre- 

 sponding members must be made in writing by two members at a 

 stated meeting, and be balloted for at the next stated meeting, when 

 the affirmative votes of three-fourths of the members present shall 

 be necessary to elect a candidate. 



ART. V. No person residing in Philadelphia, unless he be an 

 officer of the army or navy, can be elected a corresponding member, 

 nor shall he continue as such after he shall have removed perma- 

 nently to Philadelphia. In such case a re-election is not necessary, 

 but the member becomes liable for the annual contributions. 



