8 PROCEEDINGS MANCHESTER INSTITUTE 



New members shall be cbarged for whole months or fraction there- 

 of to the time of the next annual meeting. Any person who fails 

 to pay such dues for one year shall cease to be a member, and 

 his or her name may be stricken from the roll by vote of the 

 Council, after notice by the Clerk of the corporation setting forth 

 such delinquency and the provision of this by-law, and any mem- 

 ber may be removed by the Council for cause upon charges after 

 due notice and hearing. 



QUORUM . 



At any meeting of the corporation ten members shall consti- 

 tute a quorum. 



AMENDMENTS. 



These by-laws may be altered or amended at any meeting of 

 the association, notice having been given of the proposed change. 



The following Amendment to the By-Laws was adopted June i, 

 1900: 



BRANCHES. 



Five or more persons organizing themselves as an association, 

 or any association previously formed, the purposes of which are 

 harmonious with those of the Institute and which consists of five 

 or more persons, not residents of Manchester, may apply for 

 membership in the Institute and, upon election, shall become a 

 branch of the same. Such branch, as a whole, shall be entitled 

 to all privileges and subject to all rules which refer to indi- 

 vidual members and shall, in a general way, be regarded and 

 treated as such. It shall be incumbent upon such branch to 

 make return to the Clerk of the Institute of the names and ad- 

 dresses of its members and of its officers at the time of their elec- 

 tion, together with a report of the condition and 3'ear's work of 

 the branch. 



Any individual member of such a branch, being a nonresident 

 of Manchester, shall be entitled to the general privileges of the 

 Institute Rooms, I^ibrary and Collections and to such other priv- 

 ileges as the Council may from time to time extend. 



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