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writing, on or before the second Friday in January after such default, 

 that his rights as a member are suspended ; and, in case the said arrears, 

 together with the contribution due on the first Friday in January after 

 such notice, shall not be paid to the Treasurer on or before the said last- 

 named day, the membership of such defaulting member shall be forfeited, 

 his name stricken from the roll, and reported to the Society by the Treas- 

 urer." 

 Chapter IX, Section 3, was amended and carried as follows : 

 "Sections. I wenty qnaUfied voters present at any stated or special 

 meeting shall be a quorum, and be competent to elect members, dispose 

 of property, appropriate money, and award premiums ; but no property 

 shall be alienated or encumbered, except by the vote of three-fourths of 

 the qualified voters present, and given at two successive stated meetings. 

 For the transaction of the ordinary business, the reception and reference 

 of communications on literary, scientific or other subjects, the members 

 present shall be deemed competent to act, and, in the absence of quali- 

 fied voters, shall form a quorum." 

 Chapter VII, Section 7, was amended and carried as follows : 

 " Section 7. The President and Senior Secretary of the Society shall be, 

 ex-officio, the President and Clerk at their meetings ; and sewn, of their 

 number shall be a quorum." 



Oq motion the Committee was discharged. 



The following report was presented from the Committee 

 appointed November 16, 1894, to report a new method of 

 electing members : 



The Committee appointed by resolution of the Society dated November 

 16, to report desirable alterations in the By-Laws touching the election of 

 members, recommend as follows : 



That Sections 2, 3 and 4 of Chapter I of the Laws of the Society be 

 repealed, and that in their place the following laws be substituted : 



"2. A Standing Committee on Resident Membership shall be elected 

 by the Society, on the third Friday in January, to consist of six mem- 

 bers, the term of office of two of whom shall expire each year, and none 

 of whom shall be eligible for immediate reelection ; the function of whicli 

 Committee shall be to examine carefully the claims of each candidate 

 offered for membership, and to whicli Committee all nominations fur mem- 

 bership shall be sent, signed by at least three members of the Societ3% 

 none of whom shall be members of the Committee on Nominations. 



" 3. That at the meeting of the Society previous to that assigned for the 

 election of members, the Committee on Nominations shall report to tlie 

 Society on all nominations which were received by it previous to its last 

 meeting, reporting which candidates received an atfirmative vote of at 

 least four out of the six members of the Committee, and which candidates 

 received less than that number ; and this report shall be printed and sent. 



