30 • Joint Bulletin 7 



CONSTITUTIONS OF CLUBS 



Botanical Club 



Section 1. This shall be known as the Vermont Botanical Club. 



Section 2. The object of the association is to promote friendly 

 intercourse among the students of botany in Vermont, and to secure 

 a more thorough knowledge of the flora of the State. 



Section 3. The officers of the Club shall be a president, vice-presi- 

 dent, secretary-treasurer, editor, and librarian, and three additional 

 members who are to act with the other officers as an executive com- 

 mittee. These officers are to be elected annually at the winter meeting. 



Section 4. Each year there shall be two regular meetings of the 

 Club, one in January, and one in July, at such places as may be desig- 

 nated by the Club or its officers. 



Section 5. Any student of botany, whose name is proposed by 

 two members of the Club, may be elected a member by a vote of the 

 Club at any regular meeting. 



Section 6. An annual fee of fifty cents shall be paid by each mem- 

 ber. This shall be due at the time of the annual winter meeting. The 

 money thus received may be used by the officers to meet the current 

 expenses of the Club, and for such other purposes as the Club may 

 direct. 



Section 7. Any member may, in lieu of annual fees, pay a single 

 life membership fee of ten dollars. Unless otherwise instructed by 

 special vote of the Club, the treasurer shall reserve and invest all such 

 life membership fees as a permanent fund of which the interest shall 

 be available for annual expenses. The treasurer is further authorized 

 to receive and add to such permanent fund any special contributions 

 made for such purpose. In case any single special contribution amounts 

 to twenty-five dollars or more, the contributor shall be designated a 

 patron, and shall, as such, be entitled to all the privileges of regular life 

 membership. 



Section 8. This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote 

 at any regular meeting, provided the amendment has been proposed at 

 a previous meeting. 



Bird Club 



Section 1. This organization shall be called the Vermont Bird 

 Club. 



Section 2. The objects of this Club shall be: To afford a con- 

 venient means of communication between those persons in the State 



