9. Regular meetings of the Society shall be held at places 

 within the Borough of the Bronx, ordinarily on the third Thurs- 

 day of each month, as determined by the Council, excepting June, 

 July, August and September; a quorum of the Society for the 

 transaction of business shall consist of seven (7) members. The 

 Council shall meet on the same day in advance of the meeting of 

 the Society. Special meetings of the Council may be held at any 

 time upon the call of the Chairman of the Council. 



10. The Annual Meeting shall be held on the third Thursday 

 of April. 



11. Amendments to this constitution may be made by a ma- 

 jority vote at any Annual Meeting of the Society, on the recom- 

 mendation of a two-thirds vote of the whole Council ; one month's 

 notice of such amendment having been sent to all members of the 

 Society by the Secretary. 



Roll of Original Members in the Order of Signature. 



F. Barrows Makepeace, John W. Roberts, 

 N. L. Britton, Victor H. Paltsits, 

 Albert E. Davis, H. M. Brown, 



G. G. Copp, Charles Van Merrick, 

 Walter E. Hallett, George M. Beerbower, 

 John H. Denbigh, Arthur Alexander Stoughton, 

 Harry G. Barber, George V. Xash, 



Hugo Xewman. 



The temporary officers were continued in office until the election 

 of their successors, and were constituted a committee of arrange- 

 ments to prepare for a meeting to be held November 16, 1905. 



Mr. Arthur A. Stoughton was requested to prepare a design 

 for a seal to be used by the Society. Mr. Victor H. Paltsits 

 presented several ancient vases and other antique objects to the 

 society ; and the trustees of the Bronx Free Library donated a 

 case of mounted butterflies, and about two hundred scientific 

 books. 



NOVEMBER 16, 1905. 



Stated Meeting. 



Vice-President John H. Denbigh in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



The following persons were elected members : Thomas Gaffney 

 Taaffe, Ph.D., Maximilian Kohn, Ignace Gruber, A. T. Schauf- 

 fler, George E. Stonebridge, Francis H. Huck, Louis Ernst. 



