CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. 



THE Society shall be called THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF 

 THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, 



ARTICLE II. 



The officers of this Society shall be a President ; a first and sec- 

 ond Vice- President; a Secretary, who shall also be Treasurer; and 

 a Librarian, who shall also be Cabinet Keeper. 



ARTICLE III. 



The President, Secretary, and Cabinet Keeper, with four others 

 chosen by the Society for that purpose, shall be the Curators, who 

 shall have the management of all the concerns of the Society, subject 

 to the directions of the Society. 



ARTICLE IV. 

 The officers shall be chosen at the annual meeting by ballot. 



ARTICLE V. 

 The annual assessment for each member shall be two dollars. 



ARTICLE VI. 



This Constitution may be altered, by a vote of two thirds of the 

 members present, at any regular meeting of the Society, notice be- 

 ing given of the intended alteration. 



ARTICLE VII. 



The mode of calling the meeting, and giving notice of the same, 

 shall be determined by a majority of the Curators. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



Any person may become a member of the Society by signing the 

 Constitution, and paying the annual assessment. 



ARTICLE IX. 



Members may be expelled from this Society, by a vote of three- 

 fourths of the members present, at the annual meeting. 



ARTICLE X. 

 The Annual Meeting shall be on the third Wednesday in June. 



ARTICLE XI. 



Any person may become a life member of this Society, by the 

 payment of twenty dollars, and shall not be subject to the annual 

 assessment. 



ARTICLE XII. 



Corresponding members, residing out of the County, shall be cho- 

 sen by ballot, after having been nominated at a meeting, previous 

 to that on which the ballot is taken. 



In furtherance of these objects of the Society, a meeting was held 

 in Topsfleld on Wednesday, IGth of April, 1834, to complete the or- 

 ganization by the appointment of committees, &c. Specimens in 

 the various branches, with apparatus for their collection, were ex- 

 hibited and illustrated by William Oakes of Ipswich, Dr. Andrew 

 Nichols of Danvers, and others. 



An Act of Incorporation was obtained in February, 1836. 



