﻿from time to time by the Society. No change, however, can 

 be made but after one month's notice given at a business meet- 

 ing, and laid on the table to be acted upon at the next business 

 meeting. 



Art. 2. The meeting in November shall be called a business 

 meeting, and also, every third meeting thereafter, and shall be 

 devoted to the enacting and altering of laws, the financial 

 concerns of the Society, receiving reports from the Standing 

 Committee and the Committee of Curators, and in general to 

 all such business as does not appertain to the scientific transac- 

 tions of the Society. 



Art. 3. All other stated meetings shall be called ordinary 

 meetings, and shall be devoted to scientific pursuits. No other 

 business shall be brought forward except in cases of urgency, 

 and on a vote of two-thirds of the members present. 



Art. 4. Special meetings may be convened by resolution of 

 the Society, or by public notice from the President, or by the 

 joint request of five members. 



Art. 5. Five members shall constitute a quorum. Strangers 

 may be introduced at ordinary meetings of the Society. 



Art. 7. The order of business at ordinary meetings shall be— 



1st. Reading of the minutes of the last ordinary meeting. 



2nd. Reception of specimens of Natural History. 



3rd. Reception of Books, drawings, etc. 



4th. Written communications. 



5th. Verbal communications. 



6th. Business called up by special resolution. 



7th. Reading of the rough minutes. 



8th. Adjournment. 

 Art. 8. The order of business at business meetings shall be — 



1st. Reading of the minutes of the last business meeting. 



2nd. Reports of the Standing Committee. 



3rd. Report of the Committee of Curators. 



4th. Report of the Secretary. 



5th. Report of the Treasurer. 



6th. New business. 



7th. Elections. 



8th. Reading of the rough minutes. 

 9th. Adjournment. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Art. 1. In all such points of order as are not noticed in these 

 By-Laws, the Society shall be governed by the established 

 usages of similar institutions. 



Art. 2. No alterations shall be made in these By-Laws,, 



