BY-LAWS 



SECTION I. 

 OF MEMBERS. 



Art. 1. Every person who shall have been elected a member 

 of this Society, shall subscribe an obligation, promising to conform 

 to the Constitution and By-laws thereof, and shall pay into the 

 treasury an initiation fee of five dollars. He shall possess none 

 of the rights of membership, nor shall his name be borne upon the 

 roll of members until the said fee shall have been paid. Any per- 

 son of respectable character and attainments, residing in the city of 

 Boston or its immediate neighborhood, shall be eligible as a mem- 

 ber of this Society. 



Art. 2. Corresponding and Honorary members shall not be 

 required to pay an initiation fee, or other contribution. Corres- 

 ponding members shall consist of persons not resident in the city, 

 who may be interested in the study of Natural History, or desirous 

 of promoting the interests of the Society. Honorary members 

 shall be selected from persons eminent for their attainments in 

 science, on whom the Society may wish to confer a compliment of 

 respect. 



Art. 3. Persons who have been unsuccessful candidates for 

 admission, shall not be again proposed as members until after one 

 year. 



Art. 4. Any member may withdraw from the Society, by giv- 

 ing written notice of his intention, and paying all arrearages due 

 from him. A refusal or neglect on the part of a member to pay 

 any due for the space of one year, shall be considered an intima- 

 tion of a wish to withdraw from the Society ; and it shall be the 

 duty of the Treasurer to report the names of such delinquent 



