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Section 2. In each class there shall also be awarded a Diploma, of Honor, 
showing that any one holding such diploma has made a first class exhibit in that 
class. 
The Diploma of Honor shall be equivalent to a first prize, but more than one 
may be awarded in each class under the same conditions as the certificate. 
Section j. There shall be a Silver Medal awarded to any member of the 
Society who shall win a Diploma of Honor in each of the four different classes, 
whether at one exhibition or at many, or to any member who shall at any one exhi- 
bition make a first class exhibit of specimens in each of the four classes — Mammals, 
Birds, Reptiles and Fishes. This shall be known as the Medal for General 
Average. 
Section 4. There shall be a Silver Medal awarded at each exhibition for 
the best special piece of work which shall reveal the most artistic design, the most 
perfect execution and the greatest amount of surmounted difficulty. In case there 
should be in any one exhibition two or more pieces of work, differing in character 
but of equal excellence, then more than one silver medal may be awarded at a sin- 
gle exhibition. Such medal shall be known as the Specialty Medal. 
Section J. There shall be awarded at each annual exhibition, for the second 
best piece of work, in whichever of the four classes such work may appear, a 
Bronze Medal. This medal shall be known as the Second Specialty Medal. 
Section 6. The Executive Committee shall present to the Society, six months 
before each annual exhibition, a schedule of awards embracing those already 
detailed in this article (13), and such additional special classes to be awarded medals, 
diplomas or certificates, as the committee deem expedient. On the approval of a 
majority of the Society this schedule shall form the basis of award at the ensuing 
annual exhibition, and each member of the Society shall at once be furnished with 
such approved schedule on which awards are to be made. 
Section 7. A committee of three, to be called the Inspection Committee, 
shall be appointed by the Executive Committee, at such time as shall be deemed 
proper, before each annual exhibition. This committee shall have the power to 
report to the Standing Committee on the condition of the exhibits entered. Exhibi- 
tors shall send their names and addresses to the chairman of the committee, together 
with a list of the objects they intend to enter. 
Section 8. The judges who shall award prizes must be furnished by the 
Secretary with a printed copy of Article 13, and the accepted schedule of the 
Executive Committee. 
Article 14. Section /. No piece having taken a prize shall be entered for 
competition a second time, but such piece may be placed on exhibition as often as 
its proprietor desires. 
Section 2. No member shall ever exhibit any specimens other than those 
mounted by his own hands, under penalty of expulsion from the Society and for- 
feiture of all honors previously won. Upon entering specimens for any exhibition, 
every exhibitor shall sign a written declaration that said specimens have been 
mounted by his own hands, and without skilled assistance of any kind from any 
other taxidermist. 
