By-Laws.] 204 [January 19, 



which are to be traced in the islands immediately to the southward, 

 especially in Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. 



Dr. Thomas Waterman was chosen Curator of Mammals 

 and Comparative Anatomy. 



On motion of Dr. B. Joy Jeffries, the following amend- 

 ments to the By-Laws of the Society were passed 

 Section IX was altered so as to read Section X. 

 A new section was added, as follows : — 



SECTION IX. OF SECTIONS 



Article 1. Sections of the Society, holding separate meetings of 

 their own, may be formed on the written application of ten members, 

 by the consent of the members present at two consecutive meetings 

 of the general Society. 



Art. 2. The requirements of membership shall be: 

 1st. Membership in the general Society. 



2d. Written nomination by two members at a regular meeting 

 of the Section. 



3d. Election by a three fourths vote of the members present 

 at the subsequent meeting. 



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

 the date of election. 

 Art. 3. The records shall be entered in chronological order upon 

 the book containing the records of the ordinary meetings of the 

 Society. 



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

 Publishing Committee suitable for publication in the Proceedings or 

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

 next regular meeting of the Society. 



Art. 5. Sections shall have the exclusive right to make additional 

 regulations for the perfecting of their organization, subject to the 

 approval of the Council. 



Messrs. C. J. Sprague and R. C. Greenleaf and Drs. Charles 

 Ware, J. B. S. Jackson and James C. White were appointed 

 a committee to nominate officers for the ensuing year. 



