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ary Members shall proceed from the Council. Any person who shall 

 contribute, at one time, to the funds of the Society, a sum not less 

 than three hundred dollars, shall be a Patron. 



Art. iv. Corporate Members only shall be entitled to vote, to 

 hold office, or to transact business; Corresponding and Honorary 

 Members and Patrons may attend the meetings and take part in the 

 scientific discussions of the Society; they may, however, on appli- 

 cation, be transferred to the list of Corporate Members by a majority 

 vote of the Council. Associate Members may attend such meetings 

 as are designated by the Council, and take part in the scientific dis- 

 cussions at the same. 



Art. v. The officers of the Society shall be a President; two 

 Vice Presidents; a Custodian; an Honorary Secretary; a Secretary; 

 a Treasurer; a Librarian; and a Committee of three on each depart- 

 ment of the Museum; who, together, shall form a Board for the 

 management of the concerns of the Society, and be called the Coun- 

 cil, of which the Secretary shall be the clerk, ex officio. 



Article vi. Officers shall be chosen by ballot, after having been 

 nominated at a preceding meeting, and a majority of votes of the 

 Corporate Members present shall be sufficient for a choice. 



Article viii. This Constitution may be altered or amended in 

 any of the preceding Articles, by a vote to that effect, of three- 

 fourths of the Corporate Members present at any two consecutive 

 meetings of the Society; the members having been first duly notified 

 of any proposed alteration : but the Article which immediately fol- 

 lows this shall be unalterable. 



BY-LAWS. 



Section i. Art. 1. Elections for membership shall be held at 

 the first meeting in the months of January, March, May and Novem- 

 ber. Any person of respectable character and attainments, residing 

 in the City of Boston or its immediate neighborhood, shall be eligible 

 as an Associate Member of this Society. Nominations must be made 

 in writing, by three members, at least one month previous to the 

 time of elections; such nominations shall be made to a Committee 

 consisting of the President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall report 

 upon the same at the meeting previous to that upon which elections 

 are to be held. Every person elected shall, within six months from 

 the date of election, pay into the Treasury an admission fee of five 

 dollars, and subscribe an obligation, promising to conform to the Con- 



