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ARTICLE V. 



COMMITTERS. 



Section \. There shall be three standing committees, to be annually 

 appointed by the Board of Managers : an Executive Committee, a Finance 

 Committee, and an Auditing Committee. 



Sec. 2. The Executive Connnittee shall consist of seven Managers in 

 addition to the President, and shall have the full powers of the Board, 

 except so far as such a delegation of power may be contrary to law. At 

 each meeting of the Board the Executive Committee shall make a full 

 report of its action since the last meeting of the Board. Four of their 

 number shall constitute a quorum. 



Sec. •'^. The P'inance Committee shall consist of five members, and 

 have authority at anj- time to inspect the books and accounts of the 

 Treasurer, give directions to him, and exercise a general supervision over 

 the property of the corporation. 



Sec. 4. The Auditing Committee shall consist of three members, and 

 shall audit the accounts of the Treasurer and of the corporation, and pre- 

 sent a report thereon at each regular meeting of the Managers, and at the 

 annual meeting of the corporation. 



Sec. o. Any vacanc}- occurring in the membership of the several 

 committees, between the meetings of the Board of ^Managers, may be 

 filled by the remaining members of the committee until the next meet- 

 ing of the managers. 



ARTICLE VI. 



:\IHMBER.SHIP OF THE CORPORATORS. 



Section 1. The persons named in the first section of the act creating 

 this corporation, and such others as shall become associated with them 

 upon the conditions prescribed in these By-laws, shall be members of this 

 corporation. 



Sec 2. Any member of the corporation may propose persons for 

 membership. The name, occupation, and place of residence of every per- 

 son proposed shall be submitted to the Board or to the Executive Com- 

 mittee, and such person, when approved by the Board or said Committee, 

 shall be a member of the corporation as long as such person shall pay to 

 the Treasurer the annual dues. 



Sec. 3. Any member of the corporation may become a life member by 

 payment to the Treasurer, at one time, of the sum of two hundred dollars. 



Sec. 4. Any member of the corporation may become a patron by giving 

 real or personal property of the value of one thousand dollars or more. 



Sec. 5. The managers may elect as honorary- members of the Society 

 persons who have rendered marked services in the science of zoology or 

 natural history, but not more than three shall be elected in any one cal- 

 endar year. 



