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CONSTITUTION AND BYE-LAWS OF THE ENTOMOLO- GICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA.
SECTION I— (^OBJECTS AND MEMDERSIIJP.)
1. The Society shall be called "The Entomological Society of Cana- da," and is instituted for the improvement and advancement of Entomo- logical Science, and the investigation of the character and habits of Inseets.
2. The Society shall consist of four classes, viz.. Members Ordinary, Life, Corresponding, and Honorary,
3. Ordinary Members shall be persons whose pursuits, or studies, are connected with Entomology, or who arc collectors of Insects.
4. Life Members shall be persons who have made donations to the value of $50 in money, books, or specimens (the two latter lo be valued by competent persons), or who may be elected as such at the general meeting of the Society, for important services performed, and after due notice has been given. , .
5. Corresponding Members shall be persons residing out of the Do. minion of Canada, w.. .se pursuits are similar to those of Ordinary Members.
6. Honorary Members shiill be persons of high standing, and eminence lor their attainments in Entomology.
7. Tlie number of Honorary Members shall be limited to twenty-ifive.
8. The Officers of the Sooiety shall consist of a President, two Vice- Presidents, and the ctroffido Vice-Presidents, as hereinafter provided, a Secretary-Treasurer, a Curator, and three other members to form a Council ; all of whom shall be elected annually at the Annual General xMeeting of the Society, and shall be eligible for re-election.
SECTION IL— {ELECTION OF MEMBERS.)
1. All candidates for admission into the Society, as Members, Corret ponding Members, or Life Members, must be proposed by a Member at
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a ro(»ular moetinR of tho Society, and be balloted for at the next regular mootinj; ; tho affirmative Vote of three-fourths of the Members proaect shall bo noccssary for tho election of a candidate.
2. Honorary Members must bo recommended by at least three nom- bers, who shall cortify that the person named is eminent for his Ento- molo;jcical uttaiumonta ; tho election in their case shall bo conducted in tho same manner as laid down for other members.
3. Whenever any person is elected a member in any class, the Secre- tary shall immediately inform him of the same by letter ; and no person shall bi! c.usidorod a mombcr until he has signified his a«quiesence in tho election.
4. Every person elected a member is required to pay his first contri- bution within one month of the date of his election ; otherwise his elec- tion tihall ha luill and void.
SECrnhV Hf.— (CONTRIBUTIONS.)
\. The aiauuil contribution of every Ordinary Member shall be Two Dollars; all contributions to be due in advance, on the first day of Jan- uary in eaoh year. All new members, except tbose elected in tho month of December, sluill bn required to pay the subscription for the year in which they are elected.
2. Every m;iruber siiall be considered to belong to the Society, and as such be liable to the payment of his annual contribution, until he has either forfeited his claim, or has signified to the Secretary in writing his desire to withdraw, wlien his name shall be erased from the list of members.
3. Whenever any member shall be one year in -rear in tlie payment of his annual contribution, the Secretary shall inform him of the fact in writing ; anj member continuing two years in arrears shall be considered to have withdrawn from the Society, and his name shall be erased from the list of members.
4. Corresponding, Life, and Honorary Members shall not be required to pay any annual contribution.
SECTION IV.— (OFFICERS.)
1. The duties of the President shall be to preside at all meetings of the Society, to preserve good order and decorum, and to regulate debates.
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2. The duties of the Vioo-Prosidonts shall bo the same m those of the President, during his absence.
3. The duties of the Soorctary-Treaflurcr shall bo to take and prosorvo «orrcet minutes of the proceeding of the Hooiety, and to present and read all communications addressed to the Society, to notify iriembors of their election, and those in arrear of the amount of their indebtedness ; to keep a correct list of the members of the Society, with the dates of their election, resignation, or death, and their addresses, to maintain the cor- respondence of the Society, and to acknowledge all donations to it. Ho shall also take charge of tho funds of the Society, and keep an accurate account of all receipts and disbursements, aod of the indebtedness of members, and render an annual report of tiie same at the Annual Gene- ral Meeting of the Society.
4. It shall be tho duty of the Curator to take charge of all books, specimens, cabinets, and other properties of the Society ; to receive and arr,an<'e in their proper places all donations of specimens ; to keep a re- cord of all contributions of books or specimens, with a list ftf tho contri- butors ; and to oversee and direct any exchange of specimens. Ho shall, also, report annually to the Society on the condition of the specimens and cabinet^ under his care
5. The officers of the Society, together with threa other members elected annually, shall form a Council who shall have the direction and management of all the affairs of the Society. The Council shall meet once in every quarter, the time and place of meeting to be appointed by the President, and notice to be given by the Secretary at least ton days beforehand.
6. The Council shall draw up a Yearly Report on the state of the Society, in which shall be given an abstract of all the proceedings, and of the receipts and expenditure of the Society during their term of office ; and such Report shall be read at the Annual General Meeting.
SECTION v.— {MEETINGS.)
1. Ordinary Meeting shall be held once a month, the day and hour of meeting to be settled by Bye-laws, as may be deemed most expedient.
2. The Annual General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the First Tuesday in July in each year, to receive and deliberate upon the report of the Council on the state of the Society, and to eltot officers and
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membera of the Council for the euHuing year, aud to transaot any other busincsB of which notice hu8 been given.
3. Special Mc( tingH of the Sotiiety may be called by the President upon the written request of five members oJ" the Society, provided that one week's notice of the meeting be given, aud that its object be specified,
SECTION VJ.-(IiKANCIIES OF THE SOCIETY.)
1 . Branches of the Society may be formed in any place within the- Dominion of Canada, on a written application to the Society, i'rom at least six persons resident in the locality.
2. Each Branch shall be reiiuircd to pay to the Parent Society one dollar per annum for each payinfi member on its list.
3. Every Brunch shall be governed by the Constitution of the Society, but shall hi've |»ower to elect its own officers, and enact Bye-laws for itself, provided they be not contrary to the tenor and spirit ol' the Con- stitution of the whole Society.
4. All the members of the Branches shall be members of the Society, and entitled to all the privileges of ordinary members.
5. No Corres[.omlinfj; or Honorary Member shall be appointed by 'the Branches, but .«u(li members may be proposed at General Meetings of the Society by any Branch, as well as by individual members.
6. The Presidents ol' the Branches shall be cx-officio Vice-Presidents of the Society.
7. Each Branch shall transmit to the Parent Society an Annual Re- port oi\its j.roceodiugs, fuch Keport tt. be read at the Amiual General Meeting.
SECTION vn.-i ALTERATION OF CONSTITUTION.)
1, No article in a!iy Section of this Constitution shall be altered or added to, unless notice bo first given at au ordinary meeting of the So- ciety, or of a Branch, and the alteration or addition be sanctioned by two-thirds of the members present at the next ensuing meeting ; the Sec- retary of the Society, or of the t ranch, shall ' m notify the Secretaries of all the other Branches ; when the sanction of all the Branches has been obtained in the same manner, the alteration or addition shall be- come law.
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