CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 77 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE PALEONTOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY 



CONSTITUTION 

 Aeticle I 



NAME 



This Society shall be known as The Paleontological Society. It is aflai- 

 iated with and forms a section of the Geological Society of America. The 

 two societies shall, as a rule, meet together. 



Aeticle II 

 object 

 The object of this Society is the promotion of the Science of Paleontology. 



Abticle III 



membeeship 



The Society shall be composed of Fellows, Members, Correspondents, and 

 Patrons. 



1. Fellows shall be persons who have published results of paleontological 

 research, and who upon nomination by the Council have been duly elected to 

 fellowship by the Geological Society of America. 



2. Members shall be persons not Fellows who are engaged or interested in 

 paleontological work. 



3. Correspondents shall be persons distinguished for their attainments in 

 Paleontology and not resident in North America. 



4. Patrons shall be persons who have bestowed important favors upon the 

 Society. Election to patronship carries with it the rights and privileges of 

 Members. 



5. Fellows, Members, and Patrons are entitled to vote, but only Fellows are 

 eligible to office in this Society. 



Aeticle IV 



OFFICEES 



1. The Officers of the Society are a President, three Vice-Presidents, a Secre- 

 tary, a Treasurer, and an Editor. 



These officers constitute an Executive Committee to be called the Council. 



2. The President shall discharge the usual duties of a presiding officer at 

 all meetings of the Society and of the Council. He shall take cognizance of 

 the acts of the Society and of its officers, and cause the provisions of the 

 Constitution and By-Laws to be faithfully carried into effect. The President 

 shall also represent The Paleontological Society in the Council of the Geo- 

 logical Society of America. 



3. The Vice-Presidents, in the order of their precedence, shall assume the 

 duties of President in case of the absence or disability of the latter. 



