CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



CONSTITUTION. 



[As adopted Feburary 25, 1903, and amended, April 20, 1904. May 24, 1905. 

 February 21, 1906, April 18, 1906, May 22, 1907. and March 17, 1915.] 



Article I. Name. 

 The name of this organization shall be the Society for Experi- 

 mental Biology and Medicine. 



Article II. Object. 

 The object of this Society shall be the cultivation of the ex- 

 perimental method of investigation in the sciences of biology 

 and medicine. 



This object shall be attained (a) by the holding of meetings at 

 which original communications shall be presented; (b) by the 

 publication of Proceedings. 



Article III. Membership. 



Section i. Eligibility. — Any person who has accomplished 

 a meritorious original investigation in biology or medicine by the 

 experimental method shall be eligible to membership. 



Section 2. Forfeiture. 



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 for which, in the opinion of the Council, inaccurate or 

 misleading claims are made, shall forfeit his membership. 



Section 3. 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 4. Expulsion. — Any member may be expelled by a 



three-fourths vote of the total membership. 



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