Proceedings of the Section of Biology 



March 13, 1909 



The meeting was held in the museum. 



Messrs. G. P. Engelhardt and C. E. Olsen were present as 

 guests. 



The chairman submitted a draft of bylaws, which were read 

 and adopted, as follows : 



BYLAWS, SECTION OF BIOLOGY 

 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



I 



The officers of the Section shall be a Chairman and a Recorder. 

 They shall be elected annually, by ballot. 



II 



The duties of the Chairman and the Recorder shall be such as 

 usually pertain to those officers. In addition to keeping a record 

 of the Section, the Recorder shall have charge of all moneys 

 received or expended by the Section and shall pay all bills, sub- 

 ject to the instruction of the Sectional Committee. 



Ill 



The officers, together with the Curator-in-chief of the Museum., 

 ex-officio, shall constitute the Sectional Committee, which shall 

 be empowered to transact the executive business of the Section. 



IV 



The Section shall hold an annual meeting for the election of 

 officers on the second Saturday in April of each year. A report 

 of the proceedings of the Section for the fiscal year of the Asso- 

 ciation shall be sent by the Recorder to the Secretary of the 

 Association in advance of the annual meeting of the latter. 



V 



These Bylaws may be amended by a majority vote at any meet- 

 ing of the Section, if approved by the Sectional Committee, or 



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