CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. G43 



nouiiced at any stated meeting ; after which notices shaU be sent out to Fellows 

 elect. 



4. Election of Officers. — dominations 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 Meet- 

 ing ; 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 two stated meetings a year — a Summer jNleet- 

 ing at the same locality and during the same AVeek as the annual meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science — and a Winter Meeting. 

 The date and place of the Winter Meeting shall be fixed by the Council, and an- 

 nounced by circular each year within a month after the adjoui-nment of the Sum- 

 mer Meeting. The program of each Meeting shall be determined by the Council, 

 and announced beforehand, in its general features. The details of the daily ses- 

 sions shall also be arranged by the Council. 



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

 tions of Officers shall be declared, and the officers elect shall enter upon duty at 

 the adjournment of the Meeting. 



3. Special ^Meetings may he called by the Council, and must be called u^ion 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 b}'' the President at such 

 times as he may deem necessary. 



5. Qaorain. — At meetings of the Society a majoritj^ of those registered in attend- 

 ance shall constitute a quorum. Five shall constitute a quorum of the Council. 



Article YII. 



publication. 



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

 the Council. 



Article VIII. 



AMENDMENTS. 



1. This Constitution may be amended at any annual meeting by a three-fourths 

 vote of all the Fellows, provided that the proposed amendment shall have been 

 submitted in print to all Fellows at least three months previous to the meeting. 



2. By-laws may be made or amended by a majority vote of the Fellows present 

 and voting at any annual meeting, provided that printed notice of the proposed 

 amendment or by-law shall have been given to all Fellows at least three months 

 before the meeting. 



BY-LAWS. 



* Chapter I. 



OF membership. 



1. No person shall be accepted as a Fellow unless he pay his initiation fee, and 

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



