136 BULLETIN OF WISCONSIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
VOL. 2 NO. 
2. Persons not residing in the city or county of Milwaukee may become 
corresponding members, if they endeavor to promote the aims and purposes 
of the Society. 
3. Any person may be proposed for membership by any member, at any 
regular meeting. 
4. Persons who have rendered prominent services to the Society or to 
its aims and purposes, may be elected honorary members. 
5. The order of business at the annual meeting shall be as follows: 
(a) Reading of the minutes of the last regular meeting. 
(b) Unfinished business. 
(c) Reports of officers. 
(d) Election of officers. 
(e) New business. 
G. The regular meetings of the Society shall be held on the last Thurs- 
day of every month, except July and August. The order of business at 
such meetings shall be as follows: 
(a) Reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 
(b) Unfinished business. 
(c) Reports of committees and officers. 
(d) Correspondence. 
(e) Reading of scientific papers and communications and discussion 
thereof. 
(f) New business. 
7. The Board of Directors shall transact all business usually per- 
formed by such bodies in accordance with the Articles of Association and 
these By-Laws. 
8. The President shall be the presiding officer at all meetings, shall 
appoint all committees unless otherwise ordered by the members present, 
shall call extraordinary meetings upon the written request of three ordi- 
nary members, shall decide in case of equality of votes, and shall examine 
and sign all orders to the Treasurer. 
0. The Vice-President shall take the place of the President in case 
of the latter's absence. 
10. The General Secretary shall keep an accurate record of all trans- 
actions, shall preserve all reports and papers of the Society, keep an accur- 
ate list of all members, countersign all orders to the Treasurer, and con- 
duct the correspondence of the Society. 
11. The Treasurer shall keep in trust tke funds of the Society, pay 
orders only when signed by the President and General Secretary, and shall 
present a financial statement at the annual meeting and at any other time 
when requested by the Board of Directors or the Society. 
12. Each officer shall prepare a detailed account of his work during 
the year and report the same to the annual meeting. 
13. The Board of Directors shall have authority to publish from time 
to time such portions of the proceedings of the Society and such scientific 
contributions, especially such as are the result of original investigation 
and research^ as shall in their discretion be deemed advisable. 
14. Any member may vote by proxy on any matter at any meeting. 
15. Any three or more members may, subject to the approval of the 
Board of Directors, organize a section for work in some particular line 
-within the general purpose of the Society. Such sections may adopt their 
own by-laws not inconsistent with these By-Laws or the Articles of Associ- 
ation. Sections shall report each month to the Society on their work. 
They shall not publish anything without being authorized to do so by the 
Board of Directors. 
16. These By-Laws may be amended at any regular meeting by the 
votes of at least two-thirds of all the members present. 
