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Scientific Proceedings (116). 



That Art. IV. Sec. 2, Annual Business, which now reads "The 

 first regular meeting of each calendar year shall be an annual 

 business meeting," shall be amended to read — " The April meeting 

 shall be the annual business meeting." 



That Art. V. Sec. 4, Term of Office, which now reads, "The 

 term of office shall be one calendar year except as specified above 

 for the Council," shall be amended to read — " The term of office 

 shall be one academic year beginning with the October meeting, ex- 

 cept as specified for members of the Council elected at large from the 

 Society." This exception for members of the Council is given in 

 Art. V. Sec. 2, Council, which reads — "The Council shall consist 

 of the President, the Vice-president, the Secretary-treasurer and 

 two members of the Society, one elected annually to serve two 

 years." 



That the following sections be added to Article III — Member- 

 ship. Section 2 — Forfeiture. 



(B) Any member who conducts an investigation which, in the 

 opinion of the Council, involves unnecessary suffering or inflicts 

 injury upon any person without the understanding consent of that 

 person or that person's guardian, shall forfeit his membership. 



(C) Any member who, in the opinion of the Council, conducts an 

 investigation that involves unnecessary suffering by animals, shall 

 forfeit his membership. 



Amendments to the By-Laws: 



V. Procedure for the determination of guilt under charges affecting 

 tenure of membership. 



{A) Any member who may be charged formally and in writing 

 with conduct rendering him subject to the constitutional provisions of 

 forfeiture of, or expulsion from, membership, shall be given ample 

 opportunity to show to the Council that the said charges are unfounded. 



(B) If, after a full hearing, the Council finds, by a majority vote 

 of its total membership, that a member is guilty of conduct rendering 

 him subject to the constitutional provisions relative to forfeiture of, or 

 expulsion from, membership, the Council shall, in the first instance, 

 promptly make due formal announcement of such forfeiture; or, in the 

 second instance, shall formally propose the expulsion of that member, 

 with a statement of the reasons therefor, by a mode of procedure in 

 accord with the general provisions of Art. Ill, Sec. 4 of the Consti- 



