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Section 1. Members. 
1. The Society shall consist of Corporate Members, Correspond¬ 
ing Members, Honorary Members, and Patrons. 
2. Corporate Members shall be elected by the Committee on 
Membership, under such regulations as the Council may impose. 
Nominations must be in writing and endorsed by two Members. 
Corporate Members and Patrons only shall be entitled to vote, to 
transact business, or to hold office. 
3. Corresponding and Honorary Members may be chosen from 
among persons who have contributed to the advancement of science 
on whom the Society may wish to confer a mark of respect, and shall 
be elected by the Council only upon the recommendation of the 
Committee on Membership. 
4. Members may withdraw from the Society by giving written 
notice of such intention and paying all arrears. Members who have 
neglected to pay their regular assessments for two successive years, 
and have received due notification thereof from the Treasurer, shall 
become liable to forfeit their membership at any time when the 
Council shall so order. 
5. A Member may be expelled from the Society upon the recom¬ 
mendation of the Council, by a vote of three fourths of the Members 
present at a meeting of the Society after notice of such proposed 
action has been sent to all Corporate Members at least four days 
before such meeting. 
6. Any person who contributes at one time, to the funds of the 
Society, a sum not less than five hundred dollars shall become a 
Patron. 
Section 2. Admission Fee and Assessments. 
1. Every person elected a Corporate Member, before obtaining 
the privileges of membership, must pay an admission fee of five dol¬ 
lars. 
2. Every Corporate Member shall be subject to an annual assess¬ 
ment of five dollars payable on the first day of October in each year, 
