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is ordered by the Council to be held at that time ; otherwise by 

 iballots mailed to the Secretary. Members unable to attend 

 :any meeting of the Society shall have the right to mail their ballots 

 to the Secretary. All ballots mailed must reach the Secretary 

 "before December twentieth, in order to be counted at the annual 

 election. A majority of the ballots voted by mail and in person 

 shall be sufficient for election. 



Any state, city or provincial section of the Society consisting of 

 more than one hundred members may elect a delegate to serve 

 two years as a Director in the Council of the Society. 



In case of vacancies the Council shall appoint officers for unex- 

 pired terms. 



ARTICLE V— OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS 



All official communications approved for publication by the 

 Council shall be published in The Nature-Study Review, 

 which shall be sent free of charge (except foreign postage) to all 

 members whose annual dues have been paid. This journal shall 

 continue to be published privately and on the personal responsi- 

 bility, financial a*nd editorial of its editor or editors', unless in time 

 the annual income of the Society justifies the Council in assuming 

 the management and publication as the official organ of the 

 Society. The Secretary-Treasurer of the Society shall, before 

 February first of each year, pay to the editor and publisher the 

 cost (not to exceed eighty cents and foreign postage) of annual 

 subscription for each member whose dues have been paid. 



The members of the Council shall serve as an advisory Editorial 

 Committee for The Nature-Study Review. 



ARTICLE VI— BRANCHES OF THE SOCIETY 



Members of the Society in any city, state, group of states, or 

 province may, with the approval of the Council, organize branches. 

 Any branch with more than one hundred members may elect a 

 delegate to serve as a Director of the Society for two years. 



ARTICLE VII— AMENDMENTS 



Amendments to this Constitution recommended by the Council 

 and published in the official journal before June first of any year 

 may be adopted by a two-thirds vote of members voting in person 

 or by mail at the annual election in December. 



