JULY, 1902. 
PROCEEDINGS. 
135 
Amended Articles of Association. 
Article I. — This corporation being the successor of '"Der Naturhistor- 
ische Verein von Wisconsin,"' is oroanized for tlie purpose of arousing and 
sustaining an interest in the study of Nature and especially of facts and 
materials pertaining to the natural history and ethnology of the State of 
Wisconsin. 
.Article II.— The name of this corporation shall b? "The Wisconsin 
Natural History Society," and it shall be located in the City of Milwaukee 
in said State of Wisconsin. 
Article III. — This corporation is formed without capital stock and no 
dividend or pecuniary profits shall be declared to the members thereof. 
Article IV. — The general otlicers shall be President, Vice-President, 
General Secretary and Treasurer, and they, together with one additional 
member to be elected by the Society, shall constitute the Board of Direc- 
tors. 
All the officers herein specified shall be elected at the annual meeting. 
Vacancies in any office may be filled by election at any regular meeting. 
Article V.— The principal duties of the several general officers shall be 
those usually pertaining to such offices and such other duties as may be 
prescribed by the by-laws of the corporation. 
Article Vi. — Members shall be elected by vote of the Board of Direc- 
tors and shall pay such sum upon admission and such stated dues there- 
after as hiay be required by the By-Laws. 
Members may be discharged on their own request by striking their 
names from the list of members kept by the Secretary and Treasurer. Any 
member who is in arrears for dues for three years may be dropped from 
membership by the Board of Directors. 
The Board may also elect honorary and corresponding members under 
such regulations as may be prescribed by the By-Laws, but such members 
shall have no voice in the management of the corporation. 
Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 
ness, except where otherwise required by these articles. 
Article VII. — All the collections and property of tkis corporation may, 
by the votes of a majority of all the members of the Society, be donated to 
the City of Milwaukee. Should the number of members at any time be- 
come reduced below eight, it shall be deemed dissolved, and its property 
shall thereupon become the property of the Public Museum of the City of 
Milwaukee. 
The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the last Thursday 
of April in each year. Regular meetings may be held at times prescribed 
by the By-Laws. 
Proposed amendments of these articles may be presented at any regular 
meeting, but final action thereon shall not be taken before the next follow- 
ing regular meeting and notice of such proposed amendments shall be given 
to the members before the meeting at which they are to be acted upon, 
in such manner as the Society or its Board of Directors shall prescribe. 
By-Laws. 
1. The annual dues shall be $.3.00 for resident and $1.00 for non-resi- 
dent members, but members elected in any year shall be required to pay 
only for such portion of that year as shall remain between the date of 
their election and the first day of the following May. 
Life membership may be obtained by a single contribution of $50.00. 
