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Proceeding to the election of officers, the Society unanimously 

 reelected the present incumbents in the various offices, as 

 follows : 



President, Jonathan Dwight, Jr. 



Vice-President, Clinton G. Abbott. 



Treasurer, Lewis B. Woodruff. 



Secretary, Francis Harper. 



The appointment of standing committees for the ensuing 

 year was postponed till the next meeting. 



Previous notice of certain proposed changes in the by-laws 

 of the Society, involving the aboHtion of the initiation fee, 

 having been duly sent to each member, it was moved and 

 unanimously carried that the following changes be made : 



Section I, Article I, to read as follows: 



Resident Members shall be persons living in New York City and 

 viciriity who are actively interested in natural history. Resident 

 Members may become Life Members upon the payment to the 

 Treasurer of fifty dollars (S50.00), which shall be in lieu of annual 

 dues. 



Section I, Article IV, to read as follows : 



Any Resident Member may withdraw from the Society by giving 

 written notice of his intention and paying all arrearages due from 

 him. Any Resident Member who shall neglect to pay his regular 

 dues for one year, upon receiving due notification from the 

 Treasurer, shall have his name erased from the roll of members. 



Section III, Article I, to read as follows: 



Every Resident Member shall be subject to annual dues of three 

 dollars ($3.00) payable at the first regular meeting in March; 

 but no dues shall be required of any member during two months 

 succeeding his election. 



