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Article V 



VOTING AND ELECTIONS 



1. All elections shall be by ballot. To elect a Fellow, Correspondent or 

 Patron, or impose any special tax, shall require the assent of nine-tenths of all 

 Fellows voting. 



2. Voting by letter may be allowed. 



3. Election of Fellows. — Nominations for fellowship may be made by two 

 Fellows according to a form to be provided by the Council. One of these Fel- 

 lows must be personally acquainted with the nominee and his qualifications 

 for membership. The Council will submit the nominations received by them, 

 if approved, to a vote of the Society in the manner provided in the By-Laws. 

 The result may be announced at any stated meeting; after which notice shall 

 be sent out to Fellows elect. 



4. Election of officers. — Nominations for office shall be made by the Council. 

 The nominations shall be submitted to a vote of the Society in the same manner 

 as nominations for fellowship. The results shall be announced at the Annual 

 Meeting ; and the officers thus elected shall enter upon duty at the adjournment 

 of the meeting. 



Article VI 



MEETINGS 



1. The Society shall hold at least one stated meeting a year, in the winter 

 season. The date and place of the Winter Meeting shall be fixed by the Coun- 

 cil, and announced each year within three months after the adjournment of 

 the preceding Winter Meeting. The program of each meeting shall be deter- 

 mined by the Council, and announced beforehand, in its general features. The 

 details of the daily sessions shall also be arranged by the Council. 



2. The Winter Meeting shall be regarded as the Annual Meeting. At this, 

 elections of officers shall be declared, and the officers elect shall enter upon 

 duty at the adjournment of the meeting. 



3. Special meetings may be called by the Council, and must be called upon 

 the written request of twenty Fellows. 



4. Stated meetings of the Council shall be held coincidently with the stated 

 meetings of the Society. Special meetings may be called by the President at 

 such times as he may deem necessary. 



5. Quorum. — At meetings of the Society a majority of those registered in 

 attendance shall constitute a quorum. Five shall constitute a quorum of the 

 Council. 



Article VII 



publication 



The serial publications of the Society shall be under the immediate control 

 of the Council. 



Article VI II 



sections 



Any group of Fellows representing a particular branch of geology may, with 

 consent of the Council, organize as a section of the Society with separate con- 



