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ing classes : Patrons, life members, active annual members, associates, and 

 corresponding members. A limited number of honorary corresponding mem- 

 bers may be authorized by the council if deemed desirable. 



Qualifications. — A patron shall be a donor to the Society of any sum ex- 

 ceeding the total of two life-membership fees, and shall be entitled to all pub- 

 lications of the Society and to receive gratis any periodical which may be dis- 

 tributed, as its organ, to the members by the Society. A life membership may 

 be secured by the payment to the Society's treasurer of the sum of one hun- 

 dred dollars; active membership by the annual payment in advance of the sum 

 of five dollars ; ' associate membership by the annual payment in advance of 

 one dollar and a half by American associates and two dollars by foreign asso- 

 ciates or corresponding members. Honorary members may be relieved of pay- 

 ment at the time of election by the vote of the executive council. 



All members shall be nominated to the council by the application of anv 

 three members or associates in good standing through the secretary, and shall 

 be elected by a majority vote of the council, but no election shall be deemed 

 effective until the treasurer has received the first annual subscription from the 

 nominee, and the publications of the Society shall not be sent to any member 

 subsequently, more than two months in arrears. All membership fees shall be 

 due and payable at the beginning of the year, and no subscription for the ben- 

 efit of any member or associate to the organ of the society shall be made by the 

 treasurer until this annual fee shall have been paid. 



Sections. — To facilitate local intercourse by meetings or otherwise, the So- 

 ciety may establish sections for the members of the Atlantic coast, Pacific 

 coast and Mississippi valley (or other) regions. Meetings within each sectional 

 area may be arranged by the local sectional vice-president, and the members 

 of the section may elect temporary officers, except the vice-president when 

 present, and by a majority vote assess such local subscriptions as may be 

 needed to carry on local work in addition to the regular annual fees. 



Nominations and Elections.— Owing to the scattered distribution of the 

 membership, voting may be by ballot mailed to the secretary, who shall an- 

 nounce the result through the organ of the Society, in the number next follow- 

 ing the limit fixed for counting the vote, but no votes by proxy shall be 

 accepted. 



Nominations for officers may be made by any three members or associates. BO 

 as to be announced at least one month before the annual election in the So- 

 ciety's organ. Nominations for membership may be made at any time, but at 

 least one month before they are to be acted upon. 



The secretary, treasurer and members of the executive council shall be active 

 or life members, and serve until the election of their successors. Elections 

 shall be annual. The president, vice-presidents, secretary and treasurer shall 



1 .Members of the Brooklyn Club and some others think the annual dues 

 would better be fixed at two or three dollars. 



