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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



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ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



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CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. OBJECTS. 



The objects of the ESSEX INSTITUTE are the collection and preser- 

 vation of materials for the Civil and Natural History of the County 

 of Essex, the promotion of the Science of Natural History and the 

 advancement of Horticulture. 



AUTICLE II. OFFICERS. 



The officers of the Institute shall consist of a President, a Vice 

 President of each department, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Librarian, 

 a Superintendent of the Museum, and Curators ; who, together, shall 

 constitute a Board of Directors. 



ARTICLE III. MEMBERS. 



Any person residing in the County of Essex may be chosen a 

 Resident Member. 



Any person not residing in the County of Essex may be chosen a 

 Corresponding- member. 



Any Eesident Member who shall remove from the County may be- 

 come a Corresponding Member by giving notice of his removal and 

 paying all arrears. 



Resident Members only shall be entitled to vote or be eligible to 

 any office. 



ARTICLE IV. ELECTIONS. 



Officers and members shall be chosen by ballot. Officers shall be 

 elected at the Annual Meeting, except those chosen to fill vacancies 

 who shall be elected at a Stated Meeting. 



Resident Members shall be nominated in writing at the meeting 

 preceding their election. 



Corresponding Members having been nominated by the Directors 

 may be chosen at any meeting. 



ARTICLE V. MEETINGS. 



Meetings shall be held every year at the rooms of the Institute on 

 the second Wednesday in the months of February, May, August and 

 November, at three o'clock in the afternoon. 



The Meeting in May shall be the regular Annual Meeting of the 

 Institute. 



Other Meetings may be called as provided in the By -Laws. 



ARTICLE VI. QUORUM. 



Five Members shall be a Quorum for holding any meeting of the 

 the Institute, or of the Board of Directors. 



