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BY-LAWS 



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 Chapter I 



MEMBERSHIP 



1. All Fellows of the Geological Society of America in good standing whose 

 work is primarily in paleontology may, upon application to the Council of this 

 Society, be elected without additional dues as Fellows of The Paleontological 

 Society. Such Fellows, if Life Members of the Geological Society, will have 

 no further dues to pay in The Paleontological Society. 



2. No person shall be accepted as a Fellow of The Paleontological Society 

 unless he pay to the Geological Society of America the initiation fee and the 

 dues for the year within three months after notification of his election. The 

 initiation fee of Fellows shall be ten (10) dollars and the annual dues ten (10) 

 dollars, payable on or before the annual meeting in advance ; but a single pre- 

 payment of one hundred (100) dollars shall be accepted as commutation for 

 life. 



. The annual dues for Members shall be three (3) dollars. No person shall 

 be accepted as a Member unless he pay the dues for the year within three 

 months after notification of his election. The annual dues are payable to The 

 Paleontological Society on or before the annual meeting. 



8. An arrearage in payment of annual dues shall deprive a Fellow or Mem- 

 ber of the privilege of taking part in the management of the Society and of 

 receiving the publications of the Society. An arrearage continuing over two 

 (2) years shall be construed as notification of withdrawal. 



4. Any person eligible under Article III of the Constitution may be elected 

 Patron upon the payment of one thousand (1,000) dollars to the Society. 



Chapter II 



OFFICIALS 



1. The President shall countersign, if he approves, all duly authorized ac- 

 counts and orders drawn on the Treasurer for the disbursement of money. 



2. The Secretary, until otherwise ordered by the Society, shall perform the 

 duties of Editor, Librarian, and Custodian of the property of the Society. 



3. The Society may elect an Assistant Secretary. 



4. The Treasurer shall give bonds, with two good sureties approved by the 

 Council, in the sum of one thousand dollars, for the faithful and honest per- 

 formance of his duties and the safe-keeping of the funds of the Society. He 

 may deposit the funds in bank at his discretion," but shall not invest them 

 without authority of the Council. His accounts shall be balanced as on the 

 thirtieth day of November of each year. 



5. The minutes of the proceedings of the Council shall be subject to call by 

 the Society. 



6. The Council may transact its business by correspondence during the in- 

 tervals between its stated meetiftgs ; liut affirmative action by a majority of the 

 Council shall be necessary in order to make action by correspondence valid. 



