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CHAPTER II. 



Election of Members and Correspondents. 



Art. 1. All candidates for admission into the Society, whe- 

 ther as members or correspondents, must be proposed in 

 writing by two members at any meeting, and be ballotted for 

 at the business meeting next succeeding ; the affirmative votes 

 of three-fourths of the members present shall be necessary to 

 elect a candidate. 



Art. 2. No person residing in Charleston, can be chosen a 

 Correspondent; nor shall any Correspondent continue such, 

 after he shall have removed permanently into the city. In such 

 case a re-election is not necessary, but the correspondent 

 becomes liable for the annual contributions, and is entitled to 

 all the privileges of a member. 



Art. 3. No person (except in cases of correspondents remo- 

 ving into the city) shall be entitled to the privileges of mem- 

 bership, until he shall have paid the fee of initiation, and 

 signed the following obligation : 



In becoming a member of the Elliott Society of Natu- 

 ral History, I promise to conform myself to its constitution, 

 laws, and regulations, and in testimony thereof I do here- 

 unto subscribe my name. . 



Art. 4. If any member elect shall not sign the above decla- 

 ration, and pay the fee of initiation within six months from the 

 date of his election into the Society, the said election may be 

 declared null and void, by a majority of the members present, 

 at any business meeting. 



Art. 5. If any member shall be balloted for and rejected, 

 or his name withdrawn previous to the ballot, no note of said 

 # rejection or withdrawal shall be made on the minutes of the 

 Society. 



Art. 6. No person thus rejected shall again be proposed 

 before the expiration of one year ; nor shall any one whose 

 name has been withdrawn previous to the ballot, be again 

 proposed before the expiration of six months from said with- 

 drawal. 



CHAPTER III. 



Contributions and Payments. 



Art. 1. Every member elect shall pay into the treasury an 

 initiation fee of Five Dollars. 

 Art. 2. Every member shall be subject to an annual contri- 



