ioo (164) Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. 



Formal Ballot. 



Proposed Amendments V and VI. 



Returns. 



Yes. 



No. 



Non- 

 committal. 



V. In sub-section D, Section 3, Article III, substitute 

 the word one for two and change the sub-section to the 

 following : It shall be the duty of each member to present 

 to the Librarian one copy of every publication of his re- 



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VI. From sub-section C, Section 5, Article V, strike 

 cut the last sentence relating to the duties of the Librar- 

 ian. The sentence referred to reads : " He (the Librar- 

 ian) shall call the roll of membership at the annual 

 business meeting and, at that time, shall announce 

 the publications of each member during the preceding 

 year. " 



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Informal Ballot. 



Proposed Amendments VII, VIII and IX. 



Returns. 



Yes. 



No. 



Non- 

 committal. 



VII. Into Section 3, Article III, introduce a new sub- 

 section as follows : F. 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 member- 



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VIII. Add to Section 2, Article V, the following : 



Ex-presidents of the Society shall be ex-officio permanent 



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IX. Into Section 3, Article IX, introduce, after the 

 word membership, the phrase, or a unanimous vote of 

 the members present, to make the section read : A two- 

 thirds vote of the total membership, or a unanimous vote 

 of the members present, shall be required for the adop- 



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Amendments V and VI, having received a formal two-thirds 

 vote of the total membership were declared adopted. A motion to 

 make the informal vote on amendments VII, VIII and IX the 

 formal decision of the society, each having received a two-thirds 

 vote of the total membership, was adopted unanimously. 



New By-law. — By-law III, on " Order of Procedure to be 

 followed at the regular meetings," as printed on page 14 (78) of this 

 volume, was adopted by a unanimous vote of the members present, 

 in conformity with Article VIII of the constitution. 



1 Three of these votes were cast by members who stated that they were in favor of 

 the spirit of the amendment but who made verbal changes on their ballots, for which 

 reason their votes were counted in the negative. 



