BY-LAWS 



As AdOI'TJOI) with AmKNDMIONTS LIJ' to .lANUAliV (), 1(S1)4 



ARTICLl*] I. Name. 

 Till! iiiuiK! of this Society is tiie " National (iKoditAi'inc Socikty." 



ARTICLE IJ. OiMECT. 



The ohjcH't of tliis Society is the increase and dill'iision of gcogr;ii)hic 

 knowledge. 



ARTTCLE TIT. Mkmhersiiii'. 



The members of this Society sluili be persons who ure interested in 

 geographic science. There may be three classes of members — active, 

 corresponding and honorary. 



Active members only shall be memhei's of the coriioratioii ; shall 1»(; 

 entitled to vote and may liold otiice. 



Persons residing at a distance from the District of ("olnmbia may be- 

 come corresponding meml)ers of the So(;iety. They may attend its meet- 

 ings, take part in its procecsdings, and contribnte to its pnblications. 



Persons who have attained eminence by tlm promotion of gcograiihic 

 science may become honorary members. 



Corresponding members maybe transferred to active membership, and, 

 conversely, active members may l)e ti'ansAuTed to corresponding memlxir- 

 shi]) by the Board (jf Managers. 



The e]ecti(ni of memb(;rs shall be t;ntrusted to the Board of Managei'S. 



ARTICLE IV. OioFicKus. 



The oflicers of the Society shall be a President, six Vice-Presidents, a 

 Treasurer, a Recording Secretary and a Corresponding Secretary. 



The above-mentioned othci^rs, together with eight other members of 

 the Society, known as Managers, shall constit^ite a Board (jf Managers. 

 Otiicers and Managers shall be elected suniually, by ballot, a majority of 

 the votes cast being necessary to an election; they shall h(jld odice until 

 their successors are elected ; and shall have power to (ill vacancies ociuir- 

 ring during the year. 



The President, or, in his al)S(;nce, one of the Vic(^-I'resideiits, shall pi-(^- 

 side at the meetings of the Society and of tlu! l>oard of Managers; he 

 shall, together with the Recording Secretary, sign all written contrac^ts 

 and obligations of the Society, and attest its corporate! seal ; he shall de- 

 liver an animal address to the Society. 



Each Vice-President shall represent in the Society and in tlu! I>oard of 

 Managers a department of geographic! S(;ience, as tbllovvs : 



Geography of the Land ; Geography of the Sea ; Geography of the Air ; 

 Geography of Life; Geographic Art; Conunercial Geography. 



IV— Nat. Geog. Mao., vol. V, 1803. (xxv) 



