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D. Non-compliance with any of these requirements carries 

 with it forfeiture of membership, unless an acceptable explanation 

 is offered to the Council. 



E. Any member of this Society who may consent to the use 

 of his name in any way that would aid in increasing the sale of 

 any patent medicine, proprietary food preparation, or any similar 

 product known to be of doubtful value, shall forfeit his membership. 



Section 4. Nomination and Election. — A. Each candidate 

 for membership must be nominated by three members. 



B. After their eligibility has been determined by the Council, 

 nominees may be voted for at any meeting succeeding that at which 

 their names were presented. 



C. A three fourths vote of the ballots cast shall elect. 

 Section 5. Expulsion. — Any member may be expelled by 



a three fourths vote of the total membership. 



Article IV. Meetings. 



Section i. Time. — The Society shall hold regular meetings 

 at least once every two months during the academic year. 



Section 2. A?mual Business. — The first regular meeting of 

 each calendar year shall be an annual business meeting. 



Section 3. Program. — The programs of the meetings shall 

 consist of (A) brief presentations, in elementary form, of the essen- 

 tial points of experimental investigations, preferably demonstrations 

 of actual experiments ; and (B) of brief reports of important facts 

 recently discovered in the sciences of biology and medicine or allied 

 natural sciences. 



Article V. Officials. 



Section i. Officers. — The officers shall be a President, a 

 Vice-president, a Secretary and a Treasurer. 



Section 2. Council. — The officers shall constitute the Coun- 

 cil of the Society. Ex-Presidents of the Society shall be ex-officio 

 permanent members of the Council. 



Section 3. Nomiiiation and Election. — A. Nominations of 

 officers shall be made in the regular session immediately preced- 

 ing the annual business meeting. 



B. Election of officers shall be by ballot at the annual business 

 meeting. 



