38 PROCEEDINGS : BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
PATRONS. 
Nathan Matthews. 
John J. May. 
Samuel May. 
Henry Sayles. 
Mrs. G. H. Shaw. 
Charles J. Sprague. 
W. W. Stone. 
Thomas Wigglesworth. 
Edward Wyman. 
BY-LAWS. 
Section 1. Members. 
1. The Society shall consist of Corporate Members, Corre¬ 
sponding Members, Honorary Members, and Patrons. 
2. Members shall be elected by the Council only upon the 
recommendation of the Committee on Membership. 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. 
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 Treas¬ 
urer, 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 
recommendation of the Council, by a vote of three fourths of the 
Loring W. Bailey. 
W. W. Bailey. 
James M. Barnard. 
Miss Emeline Binney. 
Mrs. Mary G. P. Binney. 
George R. Carter. 
Henry Cross. 
C. W. Galloupe. 
