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BULLETIN OF THE 



the Society, if any such shall have been proposed in accordance 

 with Article VI of the Constitution. 



Eleventh, the reading of the rough minutes of the meeting. 



4. Elections of officers are to be held as follows : 



In each case nominations shall be made by means of an informal 

 ballot, the result of which shall be announced by the Secretary ; 

 after which the first formal ballot shall be taken. 



In the ballot for Vice-Presidents, Secretaries, and Members of the 

 General Committee, each voter shall write on one ballot as many 

 names as there are officers to be elect ?d, viz., four on the first ballot 

 for Vice-Presidents, two on the first for Secretaries, and nine on the 

 first for Members of the General Committee ; and on each subse- 

 quent ballot as many names as there are persons yet to be elected ; 

 and those persons who receive a majority of the votes cast shall be 

 declared elected. 



If in any case the informal ballot result in giving a majority for 

 any one, it may be declared formal by a majority vote. 



5. The Stated Meetings, with the exception of the annual meet- 

 ing, shall be devoted to the consideration and discussion of scientific 

 subjects. 



The Stated Meeting next preceding the Annual Meeting shall be 

 set apart for the delivery of the President's Annual Address. 



6. Sections representing special branches of science may be 

 formed by the General Committee upon the written recommenda- 

 tion of twenty members of the Society. 



7. Persons interested in science, who are not residents of the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, may be present at any meeting of the Society, 

 except the annual meeting, upon invitation of a member. 



8. Similar invitations to residents of the District of Columbia, 

 not members of the Society, must be submitted through one of the 

 Secretaries to the General Committee for approval. 



9. Invitations to attend during three months the meetings of the 

 Society and participate in the discussion of papers, may, by a vote 

 of nine members of the General Committee, be issued to persons 

 nominated by two members. 



