1898.] TRANSACTIONS. 11 



legality of some propositions the following changes and additions 

 were adopted : 



Proposals for membership shall be submitted to a Committee 

 consisting of the President, Secretary, and the members of the 

 Finance Committee, who shall consider the same and upon a 

 vote of a majority of said Committee they may become members 

 of the Society upon payment of five dollars for men and three 

 dollars for women and signing the By-Laws of the Society. 



ExpuLS:iON OF Members. If any member shall reflect serious 

 discredit upon the Society or shall be guilty of any breach of 

 the rules of the Society, he or she may be expelled, two-thirds of 

 the members present voting therefor. But no member shall be 

 expelled unless a written notice of the motion be served by 

 the Secretary upon the member personally or left at the mem- 

 ber's usual place of abode, at least twenty days before it is acted 

 upon. 



All meetings of the Society shall be called by giving not less 

 than one week's notice in at least one newspaper published in 

 the City of Worcester and the Secretary shall notify by Postal 

 Card each member as far as their address may be known. 



At all meetings of the Society twenty-five shall constitute a 

 quorum for the transaction of business. 



At all meetings of the Trustees ten shall constitute a quorum 

 for the transaction of business. 



Librarian. 

 His Duties. The Librarian shall have charge of all the 

 books, drawings, engravings, herbaria, and other articles apper- 

 taining to the Library, and shall attend to the purchase, record- 

 ing^, cataloo^uing, arranginoj, bindins:, delivering:, and receiving 

 of books ; these duties to be performed under the direction of 

 the Library Committee. He shall so far as possible assist those 

 desiring to use the Library in their investigations. 



Library Committee. 

 They shall adopt and enforce regulations for the Library and 

 Cabinet which have been approved by the Society. These 



