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ARTICLE V. Duss. 
The annual dues of active members shall be five dollars, and of 
corresponding members two dollars, payable during the month of 
January, or, in the case of new members, within thirty days after 
election. 
The dues of members elected in November and December shall 
be credited to the succeeding year. 
Annual dues may be commuted and life membership acquired 
by the payment of fifty dollars. 
No member in arrears shall vote at the annual meeting, and the 
names of members two years in arrears shall be dropped from the 
roll of membership. 
‘ARTICLE VI. MEETINGS. 
Regular meetings of the Society shall be held on alternate 
Fridays, from November until May, and excepting the annual 
meeting they shall be devoted to communications. The Board 
of Managers shall, however, have power to postpone or omit 
meetings, when deemed desirable. Special meetings may be 
called by the President. 
The annual meeting for the election of officers shall be the last 
regular meeting in December. 
The meeting preceding the annual meeting shall be devoted to 
the President’s annual address. 
The reports of the retiring Vice-Presidents shall be presented 
in January. 
A quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of 
twenty-five active members. 
ARTICLE VII. AMENDMENTS. 
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These by-laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the 
members present at a regular meeting, provided that notice of 
the proposed amendment has been given in writing at a regular 
meeting at least four weeks previously. 
