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ten Corporate Members, by the consent of the Corporate Members 

 present at two consecutive meetings of the general Society. As in 

 the general Society, Corporate Members alone shall be entitled to 

 vote, to hold office, or to transact business. 



Art. 2. The requirements of membership shall be: — 



1. Membership in the general Society. 



2. Written nomination by two members at a regular meeting 



of the Section. 



3. Election by a three fourths vote of the Corporate Members 



present at the subsequent meeting. 



4. Signature to the standing rules within six months from the 



date of election. 



Art. 4. Such notice of each meeting as shall be judged by the 

 publishing committee suitable for publication in the Proceedings or 

 Memoirs of the Society, may be announced by the Secretary at the 

 next regular meeting of the Society. 



Sect. xi. Art. 1. The By-Laws of the Society may be altered 

 or amended by a majority vote of the Corporate Members present at 

 any meeting; provided that they shall have been duly notified, two 

 weeks previous, of an intended change. 



It was further voted : that the above amendments, go into 

 effect after the next quarterly meeting (July 5, 1876). 



Section of Botany. May 4, 1876. 



Sixteen persons (including six ladies) present. 



The Secretary called the meeting to order, explaining that 

 the Society had given its consent to the formation of a 

 Botanical Section, and that he had, therefore, called the 

 present meeting of those interested in Botany to take action 

 for the organization of the Section. 



Mr. T. P. James was elected chairman. 



Drs. G. L. Goodale and J. C. White, and Mr. E. Burgess, 

 made some remarks concerning the regulations of the new 

 Section, and it was voted, on motion of Dr. White, that a 



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