42 BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



I. The purposes of this federation shall be — 



First, the pnblication of a common body of transactions; 

 Second, periodic meetings of the united societies; 

 Third, the management of courses of popular lectures; and, 

 Fourth, such other objects as may be agreed upon. 



II. The federation shall be known as the Washington Academy of Sciences. 



III. The several societies shall retain their own organizations, excepting as 

 hereinafter modified. 



IV. The three societies shall have the same annual fees of membership. 



V. The uniform fee for each of the three societies shall be three dollars. 



VI. The Academy shall be organized by the election of a president, a secre- 

 tary, a treasurer, and two councilmen, by the Academy. The presidents of the 

 several societies shall be ex officio vice presidents of the Academy, and members 

 of its council, one secretary from each society shall be a member of the council, 

 and each society shall elect two additional councillors for the council of the 

 Academy. 



VII. A grade of fellowship shall be established in the Academy. 



VIII. The annual fee of fellowship shall be five dollars. 



IX. The existing members of all the societies shall be fellows of the Acad- 

 emy, on the payment of the fellowship fee. 



X. The council of the Academy may subsequently elect fellows from the 

 members of the Academy. 



XI. The fellows of the Academy shall be ex officio members of all the 

 societies. 



XII. It is recommended to the several societies that the existing committees 

 of conference be continued, for the purpose of collecting the sense of the said 

 societies on the above [.repositions, and of carrying out such scheme of organi- 

 zation as may be mutually accepted. 



William B. Taylor, 

 Chairman of yoint Committee. 



Committee of Philosophical Society. — John W. Powell, Theodore Gill, James 

 C. Welling, John S. Billings, William B. Taylor. 



Committee of Biological Society. — Lester F. Ward, G. Brown Goode, Charles 

 V. Riley, Richard Rathbun, John W. Chickering. 



Committee of Anthropological Society. — John W. Powell, Garrick Mallery, 

 James C. Welling. 



Mr. Goode submitted the following table of statistics, showing 

 the comparative membership in the three societies : 



