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AKTICLK VII. ASSESSMENTS. 



The yearly Assessment of each Resident Member shall be Two 

 Dollars, payable at the annual meeting. 



ARTICLE VIII. 

 ALTERATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



The By-Laws shall not be repealed or amended except by the 

 votes of "two-thirds of the Resident Members present at a Stated 

 Meeting. 



The Constitution shall i\ot, be amended unless by the votes of 

 three-quarters of the Resident Members present at a Stated Meet- 

 ing, and after special notice of the proposed amendments shall have 

 been given at two previous Stated Meetings. 



BY-LAWS. 

 CHAPTER I. OF MEMBERS. 



No Member who shall be in arrears for one year shall be entitled 

 to vote or hold any office; and any member so in arrears, who shall 

 refuse or neglect to pay his dues for six months after being notified 

 thereof by the Treasurer, shall cease to be a member of the Institute. 

 Provided,' however, that any member may, in lieu of the annual as- 

 sessment, pay the sum of thirty dollars to be added to the funds of 

 the Institute, the annual interest thereof to be considered as the 

 payment of the annual assessment of said member. 



CHAPTER II. OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. 



The PRESIDENT shall be the presiding officer of the Institute and of 

 the Board of Directors. 



The VICE PRESIDENTS shall perform the duties of the President in 

 his absence. They shall also be chairmen of their respective de- 

 partments. 



The SKCRETARY shall give notice of all meetings and record their 

 proceedings; notify all members and officers of their election; have 

 charge of all papers and documents ; conduct the general corres- 

 pondence, ,and report the doings of the Institute during the year, at 

 the annual meeting. He shall also be, ex~officio, a member of all 

 Standing Committees. 



The TREASURER shall have charge of the fiscal concerns of the In- 

 stitute ; keep an exact account of all receipts and expenditures, and 

 report the same at the annual meeting. 



The LIBRARIAN shall receive and shall have in custody all books 

 and other printed works, maps, charts and diagrams of tne Institute, 

 attend to thfeir arrangement, cataloguing and preservation; conduct 

 the correspondence relating to the Library ; acknowledge all dona- 

 tions thereto, and repoi'ton its condition at the annual meeting. 



The SUPERINTENDENT shall have the general charge of all speci- 

 mens belonging to the Museum, their arrangement and preser- 

 vation ; acknowledge all donations to the Museum ; conduct the cor- 

 respondence relating to it ; make such use of the duplicates as may 

 be beneficial to science, and report annually on its condition. 



