46 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOSTON-CAMBRIDGE MEETING 



Chapteb III 

 OF ELECTION OF MEMBERS 



1. Nominations for fellowstiip may be proposed at any time on blanks to be 

 supplied by the Secretary. 



2. The form for tlie nomination of Fellows shall be as follows : 



In accordance with his desire, we respectfully nominate for Fellow of the 

 Geological Society of America : 



Full name ; degrees ; address ; occupation ; branch of Geology now engaged 

 in, work already done and publications made. 



(Signed by at least two Fellows.) 



The form when filled is to be transmitted to the Secretary. 



3. The Secretary will bring all nominations before the Council, and the 

 Council will signify its approval or disapproval of each. 



4. At least a month before one of the stated meetings of the Society the 

 Secretary will mail a printed list of all approved nominees to each Fellow, ac- 

 companied by such information as may be necessary for intelligent voting ; but 

 an informal list of the candidates shall be sent to each Fellow at least two 

 weeks prior to distribution of the ballots. 



5. The Fellows receiving the list will signify their approval or disapproval of 

 each nominee, and return the lists to the Secretary. 



6. At the next stated meeting of the Council the Secretary will present the 

 lists and the Council will canvass the returns. 



7. The Council, by unanimous vote of the members in attendance, may still 

 exercise the power of rejection of any nominee whom new information shows to 

 be unsuitable for fellowship. 



8. At the next stated meeting of the Society the Council shall declare the 

 results. 



9. Correspondents and Patrons shall be nominated by the Council, and shall 

 be elected in the same manner as Fellows. 



Chapter IV 



OF ELECTION OF OFFICERS 



1. The Council shall prepare a list of nominations for the several offices, 

 which list will constitute the regular ticket. The ticket must be approved by a 

 majority of the entire Council. The nominee for President shall not be a mem- 

 ber of the Council. One of the nominees for vice-president shall be the 

 nominee for the presidency of the Paleontological Society which has been 

 organized as a section under Article VIII of the Constitution, 



2. The list shall be mailed to the Fellows, for their information, at least nine 

 months before the Annual Meeting. Any five Fellows may forward to the Secre- 

 tary other nominations for any or all offices. All such nominations reaching the 

 Secretary at least 40 days before the Annual Meeting shall be printed, together 

 with the names of the nominators, as special tickets. The regular and special 

 tickets shall then be mailed to the Fellows at least 25 days before the Annual 

 Meeting. 



3. The Fellows will send their ballots to the Secretary in double envelopes, 

 the outer envelope bearing the voter's name. At the Winter Meeting of the 



