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elucidated a single species, either in its life history or in its 

 variations of form, has erected a ' monumentum fere perennius,' 

 and, although he may be unknown to fame, he has fashioned 

 a stone necessary to the completion of the building of the 

 perfected Temple of Nature. 



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CONSTITUTION (as amended September i6th, 1893) OF 

 THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



I.— This Society shall be called '' ZbC COUCbOlogiCal SOCiCtg Of 



0tcat :S3ritain auD JrelanD." 



2. — Its objects shall be the promolion of the science of Conchokigy, by 

 the holding of Meetings for the reading and discussion of original 

 papers, by the publication of proceedings, and by the formation of 

 a Library and Collections illustrative of the science. 

 3. — It shall consist of Ordinary and Honorary Members. 

 4. — Ordinary Members shall be proposed by two Members at one meeting, 

 and balloted for at the next. They shall pay, in advance, on the 

 1st January in each year, a subscription of 5/-, or may compound 

 for life by the payment of Three Guineas. Foreign Members shall 

 pay an annual subscription of 7/6. 

 5. — Composition Fees shall be invested in Books, Cabinets, or other per- 

 manent property, or in such other manner as the Council may think 

 most conducive to the benefit of the Society. 

 6. — Members shall have the privilege of appending to their names the 



initial letters M.C.S. (Member of the Conchological Society). 

 7. — The number of Honorary Members shall be limited to ten, and they 

 shall be exempt from all payments and have the privileges of 

 Ordinary Members. 

 8. — It shall be governed by a Council, consisting of a President, four Vice- 

 Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary, a Curator, a Recorder, a 

 Librarian, and six other members, who shall be elected annually 

 l)y ballot ; the voting paper issued to be returned to the Secretary, 

 under cover of sealed envelope, addressed to the Scrutineers. The 

 President and Secretary of the Manchester Branch shall, ejc officio, 

 also be members of the Council of the Society. 

 9. — The Presidency shall not be tenable for more than one year continu- 

 ously, and the President is expected to give an address. 



10. — ^The meetings shall be held monthly, at the time and place fixed by 

 the Council, who shall have also power to arrange such additional 

 meetings as they may think desirable. 



II. — Three shall be a quorum at all meetings. 



12. — The Annual Meeting shall be held at such time and place as may be 

 fixed at the previous Annual Meeting, to receive the Reports and 

 Balance Sheet of the out-going Council, and to elect a Council and 

 Officers for the ensuing year. 



13. — The accounts, before being presented, shall be audited by two mem- 

 bers, appointed at a previous meeting. 



14. —The proceedings shall be published periodically, under the direction of 

 the Council. 



15. — The Capital and Property shall be vested in two Trustees, elected by 

 the Society. 



16. — No alterations in the rules shall be made, unless by a majority of three- 

 fourths of the members present at a meeting which has been specially 

 summoned. 



J. C, vol. vii. Jan. 1894. 



