12 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



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At the annual meeting held January 17, 1882, several amend- 

 ments to the Constitution, proposed by a committee appointed for 

 the purpose, were considered by the Society and adopted. The 

 following is the present Constitution as amended at that meeting : 



