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JUDGES. 
Article 15. For each exhibition there shall be elected by the Society three 
competent judges, who are not active members, who shall critically examine each 
specimen, group, or collection which is entered in competition in the exhibition, 
and award it the honor to which it is justly entitled. The decisions and awards 
of the judges shall be final. 
PAPERS AND COMMUNICATIONS. 
Article 16. All members must forward to the Secretary as early as possible 
before the convening of the Society, full titles of the papers they propose to present 
during the meeting, with a statement of the time that each will occupy in delivery, 
and also such abstracts of their contents as will give a general idea of their nature. 
PRINTED REPORT. 
Article 17. The Secretary shall have a full report of each general meeting 
and exhibition printed in an octavo volume as soon after the meeting as possible. 
Authors must prepare their papers ready for press within one month after adjourn- 
ment, otherwise only the abstracts will appear in the printed volumes. Illustrations 
must be provided for by the authors of the papers, or by a special appropriation 
from the Executive Committee. Whenever a silver medal is awarded for a special 
piece of work, whether a single specimen or a group, said piece of work shall be 
photographed at the expense of the Society, and a copy of the same inserted as a 
frontispiece to the volume of the report for that meeting and exhibition. Imme- 
diately on publication of the volume, a copy shall be forwarded to every member of 
the Society who shall not be in arrears upon the Treasurer’s books, and it shall also 
be offered for sale by the Secretary. The Executive Committee shall designate the 
institutions to which copies shall be distributed. 
ADMISSION FEE AND ASSESSMENT. 
Article 18. The admission fee for active members shall be three dollars. The 
annual assessment for active members shall be two dollars, payable within one year 
under penalty of expulsion from the Society. 
All fees and assessments must be paid to the Treasurer who shall give proper 
receipts for the same. 
Article ig. The accounts of the Treasurer shall be audited annually by two 
auditors appointed by the President. 
AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION. 
Article 20. No part of this Constitution shall be amended or annulled with- 
out the concurrence of three-fourths of the members, either present in general 
session, or voting by postal card to the Secretary. 
