6 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



Toner, Prof. Otis T. Mason, Col. Garrick Mallery, and Dr. Wills 

 DeHass, was appointed to draft a constitution. 



The meeting adjourned to reassemble in the same room one week 

 later and consider the report of the committee. 



A second preliminary meeting was accordingly held on Mon- 

 day evening, February 17, and the committee reported a constitu- 

 tion which, after discussion and slight modification, was adopted. 



The following is the constitution adopted at that meeting : 



ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION. 



Article I. — Name. 



The name of this Society shall be " The Anthropological 

 Society of Washington." 



Article II. — Object. 



The object of this Society shall be to encourage the study of the 

 Natural History of Man, especially with reference to America, and 

 shall include Archaeology, Somatology, Ethnology, and Philology. 



Article III. — Members. 



The members of this Society shall be persons who are interested 

 in Anthropology, and shall be divided into three classes : Active, 

 Corresponding, and Honorary. The active members shall be those 

 who reside in Washington, or in its vicinity, and who shall pay the 

 dues required by Article XV ; corresponding members shall be 

 those who are engaged in anthropological investigations in other 

 localities ; honorary members shall be those who have contributed 

 by authorship or patronage to the advancement of Anthropology. 

 Corresponding or honorary members may become active members 

 by paying the fee required by Article XV. 



All members shall be elected by ballot, as follows : The name of 

 the candidate shall be recommended to the council, in writing, by 

 two members. If a majority of the Council favor the election, the 

 name shall be presented to the Society, and a vote of a majority of 

 the active members present at a regular meeting shall be necessary 

 to an election. 



