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AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



Announcement was made that the amendments to the Constitution and 

 By-Laws which had been slibmitted to the Societj^ by Council in order to 

 provide for the representation on the council of societies accepted in 

 affiliation with the Geological Society of America had been adopted, the 

 vote standing 336 in favor to 4 against the amendments; 308 favorable 

 votes are now necessary for the adoption of an amendment to the Consti- 

 tution. The amendments are as follows : 



The first sentence of paragraph 1 of Article IV of the Constitution is 

 changed to read as follows : 



The officers of the Society shall consist of a president, a first vice-president, 

 a second vice-president, and one vice-president to represent each of the socie- 

 ties affiliated with this Society, a secretary, a treasurer, an editor, and six 

 councilors. 



The fourth sentence of section 1 of Chapter IV of the By-Laws is 

 changed to read : 



The nominee for third vice-president shall be the nominee for the presidency 

 of the Paleontological Society, which has been organized as a section under 

 Article YTII of the Constitution. The nominee for the vice-president repre- 

 senting an affiliated society shall be chosen from the joint fellowship by vote 

 of the affiliated society concerned, subject to confirmation by the Council of 

 the Geological Society of America. 



The change became effective as of December 1, 1920, and the Presi- 

 dent of the Mineralogical Society of America automatically became the 

 nominee for Fourth Vice-President of the Geological Society of America 

 for 1921. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1921 



The Secretary then announced that the Council had on the preceding 

 day canvassed, opened, and counted the ballots for officers for the year 

 1921, in accordance with the By-Laws, and he declared the list duly 

 elected as follows: 



OFFICERS FOR 1921 



President : 



James F. Kemp, N'ew York City 



First Vice-President: 



J. B. WooDWORTH, Cambridge, Massachusetts 



Second Vice-President : 



Arthur Keith, Washington, D. C. 



