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THE LIBRARY

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THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA

PRESENTED BY

PROF. CHARLES A. KOFOID AND
MRS. PRUDENCE W. KOFOID

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CONSTITUTION

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PREAMBLE.

Whereas, in our opinion, the cause of science
could be materially advanced by the establish-
ment of a Society, whose members would make
it incumbent upon themselves to ascertain the
Name, Locality, Habits, Time, etc., of Insects
taken within the United States of America, and
communicate the same to the Society, therefore
resolved that

ARTICLE I

The Society shall be called 4<TnE ENTOMO-
LOGICAL SOCIETY or PHILADELPHIA."

ARTICLE II.

The Society shall consist of Members and
Correspondents.

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ARTICLE III.

The rights of voting, of holding offices, and
of transacting business, lie solely with the mem-
bers ; but correspondents may have the privi-
lege of attending the meetings and taking part
in the discussions.

ARTICLE IV.

The officers of the Society shall be a Presi-
dent, Vice-President. Secretary and Treasurer,
who shall be elected at the last stated meeting
in December.

ARTICLE V.

Section 1. All candidates for admission in-
to the Society as members, must be proposed
in writing, by two members, at a stated meet-
ing, and be balloted for at the next stated meet-
ing. The affirmative votes of three-fourths of
the members present, shall be necessary to elect
a candidate.

Section 2. All candidates for admission in-
to the Society as Correspondents, must be pro-
posed in writing by two members, at a stated
meeting, and be balloted for at the same meet-
ing. The affirmative votes of a majority of the
members present, shall be necessary to elect a
candidate.

Section 3. No person residing in Philadelphia,
can be chosen a correspondent ; nor shall any
correspondent continue as such, after he shall
have removed permanently to Philadelphia.

ARTICLE VI.

Every member or correspondent elected to
the Society, is expected to communicate either
by writing or verbally, information of the Name,
Locality, Habits, Time, etc., of Insects taken
within the United States of America, the same
to be recorded in books kept for that purpose,
and open to the inspection of the members and
correspondents of the Society.

ARTICLE VII.

No alteration, suspension of, or addition to
this Constitution, or any part of it, shall be
made, unless it be submitted in writing at least
two months previous to its being acted upon and
then passed by a vote of two thirds of the mem-
bers present; provided, nevertheless, that by a
unanimous resolution of the members present,
any proposition for altering, adding to, or sus-
pending any part of it, may be at once intro-
duced and disposed of Any amendment or ad-
dition to this Constitution, shall, when adopted,
be as binding as any law contained in this code,
and shall be alterable only in the way provided
for in this article.

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ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

PHILADELPHIA.

ARTICLE I.

The stated meetings of the society shall be
held on the second and fourth Monday evenings
of each month, at such place and hour as may
from time to time be designated. Special meet-
ings may be called by the President whenever
he may deem it necessary, or at the request of
any three members, in writing. Five members
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business.

ARTICLE II.

Section 1. Every member elected to the so-
ciety shall sign the following obligation: In be-
coming a member of the Entomological Society
of Philadelphia, I promise to conform myself
to its Constitution, By- Laws, and Regulations,
and in testimony thereof, I do hereunto subscribe
my name.

Section 2. Every member elected to the so-
ciety, shall pay to the Secretary an Initiation
fee of Fifty Cents, and shall be subject to a
monthly contribution of Six Cents, payable at
the last stated meeting of each month.

ARTICLE III.

Section 1. The President shall preside at
all meetings; he shall preserve good order and
decorum, regulate debates, nominate the chair-
man of all committees, and call special meet-
ings of the Society, at such times as he may
deem it necessary, or at the request of any three
members in writing.

Section 2. The duties of the Vice-President
shall be the same as those of the President,
during his absence.

Section 3. The Secretary shall record cor-
rect minutes of the proceedings of the Society,
receive all moneys due the Society, pass the same
to the Treasurer, and take his receipt in return,
notify all members and correspondents of their
election, maintain and conduct the correspon-
dence of the society, keep a list of all members
and correspondents with the date of their elec-
tion, resignation, or death, and lay before the
Society, at the last stated meeting in December,
a written report of its transactions during the
preceding year.

Section 4. The Treasurer shall take charge
of the funds of the Society, and attend to the
payment of moneys ; but no moneys are to be
paid by him, except on an order from the Sec-
retary, signed by the President, and he shall
lay before the Society, at the last stated meet-
ing in December, a written report of all the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the Society, during
the preceding year.

ARTICLE IV.

The order of business at stated meetings,
shall be as follows :

When a quorum appears, the President shall
call the meeting to order.

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The minutes of the last meeting shall be
read, and considered as approved, unless there
be a motion to amend.

Reports of Officers and Committees.

Written Communications.

Verbal Communications.

Unfinished Business.

New Business.

Elections

Adjournment.

ARTICLE V.

Section 1. Members may be expelled from
the Society for any flagrant act of disrespect to
officers or members of the Society, or wilful dis-
regard of the Constitution and By-Laws. No
member thus expelled, shall, under any circum-
stances, be received as a candidate for re-election.

Section 2. No person shall be expelled from
the Society, unless two-thirds of the members
present agree thereto, at least ten members
being present, and then not without having an
opportunity of being heard in his own defence,

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ARTICLE VI.

In all such points of order as are not noticed
in these By-Laws, the Society is to be governed
by the established usage of similar Institutions.

ARTICLE VII.

Every proposition to alter or amend these
By-Laws, shall be submitted in writing at a
stated meeting, and acted upon at the next, and,
if adopted by the affirmative votes of two-thirds
of the members, provided there be at least ten
present, becomes a part of these By-Laws.

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