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lows must be personally acquainted with the nominee and his qualifications for 

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

 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 o/^cers.— 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 ofiicers 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 Council, 

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

 preceding Winter Meeting. The program of each meeting shall be determined 

 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 ofiicers 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 at- 

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

 Council. 



Article VII 



PUBUCATION 



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

 the Council. 



Article VIII 



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- 

 stitution and by-laws, provided that nothing in such constitution and by-laws 

 conflict with the constitution and by-laws of the Geological Society of America, 

 in letter or spirit, and provided that such constitution and by-laws and all 

 amendments thereto shall have been approved by the Council. 



Article IX 



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. 



