THE IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



those offices under Sec. 4 of this 

 Article, he shall be declared the 

 nominee of that one office for 

 which he received the greater 

 number of votes, and he shall not 

 be nominee of that office for which 

 he received the lesser number of 

 votes, 



Sec. 6. - Election of officers. 

 Between the first and tenth days of 

 June, each active members shall 

 send to the Secretary his ballot 

 for one candidate for each office 

 to be filled, said candidate to be 

 selected from the list of candidates 

 published in the preceeding- April 

 number of the official organ- 

 On the 15th, day of June, the Sec- 

 retary shall count and place on file 

 those ballots and the one candi- 

 date for each office who receives 

 the highest number of votes shall 

 be declared elected. 



ARTICLE VI. ~ Salaries of 

 Officers. 



Sec. l.-The officers of the Iowa 

 Ornithological Association shall 

 receive no salary, but each officer 

 shall be allowed the actual 

 amount expended by him for the 

 purchase of stationery, postage, 

 etc., used by him for the Asso- 

 ciation. 

 ARTICLE VIL~The Official 

 Organ, 



Sec. 1. —The official organ of 

 the Association shall be a quar- 

 terl}^ journal, known as the "Iowa 

 Ornithologist." 



Sec —It shall contain the report 

 of the officers together with such 



notes and special articles as the 

 Editor-in-chief and his assistants 

 ma}- decide upon. 

 ARTICLE VIII. Meetings. 



Sec. l.~ An annual meeting 

 may be held at such time and 

 place as a majority of the active 

 members may desire. 



ARTICLE IX. Motions. 



Sec. l.~ An active member 

 shall have the right to submit 

 any motion to a vote of the Asso- 

 ciation. The motion must be 

 seconded by an active member, 

 shall be published in the official 

 organ, and shall not be balloted 

 upon for thirty days after date of 

 publication. 



ARTICLE X. Amendments. 



Sec. l.~An amendment to this 

 Constitution may be adopted bj' 

 a two-thirds vote of the active 

 members. 



Sec. 2 ~ All proposed amendments 

 shall be published in the official 

 organ, and balloting upon such 

 amendment shall not take for at 

 least thirty (30) daj^s after pub- 

 lication. 



BY-LAWS. 



Sec. l.~ Each active member 

 shall be required to send to the 

 Editor, or to such person as he 

 may direct, any notes he may have 

 upon the families which are under 

 special consideration in the suc- 

 ceeding issue of .the official organ. 

 Sec. 2.— Associate members may 

 furnish notes on -the families if 

 they so desire and both active und 



