60 Cincinnati Society of Natural Fiistory. 
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE CINCINNATI 
SOCIEDY OB NATURAL Fisi@ ike: 
(As revised and adopted March 4, 1890.)* 
ARTICLE T, 
This Society shall be called the Cincinnati Society of Natural 
History. 
AM MKCbion IEE 
Its objects shall be: To investigate Natural History; to carry 
on observations which tend to increase the sum of Scientific Knowl- 
edge; to establish a Public Museum and a Scientific Library; and 
to promote the diffusion of Science. 
ARTICLE LEE, 
It shall consist of the following classes of members: First, 
Patrons; second, Fellows; third, Life members; fourth, Active 
members; fifth, Honorary members; sixth, Corresponding mem- 
bers. : 
ARTICLE IV. 
Section 1. Any person shall be eligible as an active member 
of the Society. All classes of members shall be elected by ballot, 
after having been nominated at a preceding meeting. The affirma- 
tive votes of three-fourths of the members present shall be neces- 
sary to a choice. 
SECTION 2. ‘The contribution of $1,000 or more to the funds of 

*At the meeting of the Society on June 4, 1889, a committee of five was 
ordered to be appointed by the President to revise the Constitution and 
By-Laws of the Society. The said Committee was subsequently appointed by 
the President, and after several meetings its report was submitted and the 
revised Constitution and By-Laws read for the first time at the regular meeting 
of the Society on January 7, 1890. At the meeting on February 4, 1890, the 
revised Constitution and By-Laws were again read, amended and adopted 
sertatim. At the meeting on March 4, 1890, the said revised Constitution 
and By-Laws were again read, amended and adopted sevzatzm, and as a whole, 
as the Constitution and By-Laws of the Society. The Committee was com- 
posed of Dr. J. A. Henshall, Davis L. James, Geo, W. Harper, J. Ralston 
Skinner, and Aaron A, Ferris. 
