CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



CONSTITUTION. 



[As adopted February 25, 1 903, and amended April 20, 1 904, and May 24, 1905.] * 



Article I. Name. 



The name of this organization shall be The Society for Ex- 

 perimental 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 animal biology 

 and medicine. 



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. Classification. — The term " resident members" 

 shall refer, in this constitution, to those members whose experi- 

 mental work shall be done within the limits of " Greater New 

 York " ; " non-resident members," to those whose scientific work 

 shall be done outside of " Greater New York." 



Section 3. Obligations. — A. Every member shall be ex- 

 pected to conduct an experimental investigation and give public 

 notice of it, at least once in two years. 



B. Resident members shall be required either to attend, every 

 two years, at least three meetings of the Society, or to present 

 in person, at least once every two years, a report of their experi- 

 mental researches. 



C. Each non-resident member shall be required to present in 

 person, at least once every two years, a communication containing 

 the results of an experimental investigation, or to send to the 



The amendments adopted May 24, 1905 are indicated by heavy-faced letters. 



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