CONSTITUTION AND ByYLAws 149 
than five days’ notice of the meeting shall be given to all members 
qualified to vote, and the notice shall include a statement of the 
purpose for which the meeting is called. At all special meetings 
ten members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business. 
II.—ORDER OF BUSINESS 
Sec. 1. Annual Meeting: The order of procedure at the annual 
meeting of the Institute shall be: 1. Reading of Minutes; 2. An-— 
nual Report of the Board of Trustees; 3. Election of Trustees 
for the Ensuing Year; 4. Deferred or New Business; 5. Scientific 
Program; 6. Adjournment. 
Sec. 2. Regular Meetings: The order of procedure at the regu- 
lar meetings of the Institute shall be: 1. Reading of Minutes; 
2. Miscellaneous Business; 3. Scientific Program; 4. Adjourn- 
ment. 
Sec. 3. Special Meetings: The order of procedure at special 
meetings of the Institute shall be: 1. Reading of the Notice of 
the Meeting; 2. Action on the Specified Object of the ah 
3. Adjournment. 
III.—MEMBERSHIP 
Sec. 1. The Institute shall consist of active members, and may 
also include life members, honorary members, corresponding mem- 
bers, and patrons. Active members, life members, and elected 
patrons only shall have any rights in the property of the Institute, 
and they only shall be eligible to any elective office. 
Sec. 2. Active Members: Active members shall be members of 
the Corporation and be not less than fifteen years of age. Nomi- 
nations for active membership shall ‘be made and seconded in 
writing and the nominees shall be voted for by ballot at any meet- 
ing of the Board of Trustees, and three negative votes shall reject. 
Each active member shall on election pay an entrance fee of three 
dollars ($3) if elected previous to the stated meeting of the Board 
of Trustees in January or one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) if 
