XXXVill INTRODUCTORY PROCEEDINGS. 
THE SECRETARY :—With respect to the increase, perhaps I have said all that is 
necessary when I discussed the matter in connection with the budget in the annual 
report of the Secretary-Treasurer. 
When it became so evident that this increase was necessary, the Council canvassed 
the situation among the membership and finally took it up with the Executive Committee, 
and both were unanimously in favor of raising the annual dues by an amount of five 
dollars in each grade. The provisions of the Constitution required that ten days prior 
to the annual meeting an application shall be made to the Council signed by at least 
ten members, stating in direct terms what the proposed amendment shall be. This 
application has been made and presented, and the Council, at its meeting held yesterday, 
unanimously recommended its adoption by the Society. 
The notice to the Council is as follows :— 
“New York, November 1, 1920. 
“To the Council of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. 
“Tn accordance with Article VIII of the Constitution of the Society, the following 
amendments to the Constitution are recommended for adoption: 
‘Article IIT, Paragraph r. 
‘Eliminate the word ‘ten’ and substitute the word ‘fifteen’; eliminate the word 
‘five’ and substitute the word ‘ten,’ the paragraph to read as amended: 
‘‘«7_ The entrance fees, payable on admission to the Society, shall be as follows:— 
“““Members and Associates, fifteen dollars; Juniors, ten dollars; Honorary Members 
and Honorary Associates, no fees.’ 
“Article III, Paragraph 2. 
‘‘Bliminate the word ‘ten’ and substitute the word ‘fifteen’; eliminate the word 
‘five’ and substitute the word ‘ten,’ the paragraph to read as amended :— 
“«¢9_ The annual dues shall be as follows: 
‘Members and Associates, fifteen dollars, Juniors, ten dollars; Honorary Members 
and Honorary Associates, no dues. 
“Article III, Paragraph 4. 
‘“‘Eliminate the words ‘but annual dues for the current year shall not be required 
unless,’ making a period after the word ‘fee’ and ending the sentence. Substitute the 
word ‘if’ before the word ‘he,’ beginning a new sentence. Strike out the words ‘that 
year, in which case’ and substitute the words ‘the meeting at which he is elected.’ 
Eliminate the word ‘five’ and substitute the word ‘ten.’ The paragraph to read as 
amended :— 
‘«¢, The annual dues shall be payable in advance on the first day of January. The 
Secretary shall notify each member of the amount due for the ensuing year at the time 
of giving notice for the annual meeting. On notification of his election each member 
shall pay his entrance fee. If he desires to receive the published transactions of the 
Society for the meeting at which he is elected, he shall pay ten dollars in addition to 
the entrance fee.’ 
‘Article III, Paragraph 5. 
‘‘Bliminate the words ‘two hundred dollars’ and substitute the words ‘three hun- 
dred dollars,’ the paragraph to read :— 
