Constitution and By-Laws. 



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BY-LAWS. 



Adopted February 25, 1903, and amended May 24, 1905, 

 February 21, 1906, and March 17, 1915. 



I. Meetings. — A. Regular meetings shall be held on the third 

 Wednesday of the months of October to May inclusive. 



B. Special meetings may be called by the council. 



C. The meetings shall be opened at 8:30 P. M.; two hours 

 shall be devoted to the reading of papers. 



D. When possible the meetings shall take place in suitable 

 laboratories. 



II. Editorial Committee: The President shall appoint each 

 year an editorial committee consisting of the Secretary-treasurer 

 and two members of the Society. This committee shall have 

 immediate supervision over the preparation of the program and 

 discussion, shall devise rules governing the publication of papers 

 in the Proceedings of the Society, and shall fix the price of the 

 Proceedings to non-members. 



III. Program: A. The first eight papers presented to the 

 Secretary to be read in person shall constitute the scientific 

 program for the meeting; all other reports shall be read by title 

 or with the consent of the author shall be transferred to the pro- 

 gram of the succeeding meeting. 



B. Precedence on the program shall be given to non-resident 

 members and to demonstrations. 



C. No member shall be allowed to read more than one paper 

 at each meeting unless in the event of lack of other material to 

 fill the program. 



D. Precedence shall be given, on each program, to communi- 

 cations which have not been presented before any other body and 

 which have to do with investigations essentially experimental in 

 character. 



IV. Regulation of Reports and Discussions. — A. The time al- 

 lowed for making individual communications, except demonstra- 

 tions of experiments shall be restricted to ten minutes. 



B. Not more than five minutes shall be allowed to a member 

 for the discussion of any communication. 



