BY-LAWS OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, WITH A LIST OF ITS OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. OFFICERS OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON FOE 1888. PRESIDENT. ROBERT FLETCHER. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Section A, GARRICK MALLERY. Section B, L. F. WARD. Section C, J. W. POWELL. Section D, O. T. MASON. GENERAL SECRETARY. S. V. PROUDFIT. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. F. A. SEELY. TREASURER. -J. HOWARD 00RE. p.ft, CURATOR. H. W. HENS HAW. * COUNCILORS. FRANK BAKER. WESTON FLINT. J. G. BOURKE. W. H. HOLMES. WASHINGTON MATTHEWS. BY-LAWS. Article I.—Name. The name of this Society shall be “The Anthropological Society of Washington.” Article ll.—Object. The object of this Society shall be to encourage the study of the Natural History of Man, especially with reference to America, and shall include Somatology, Sociology, Philology, Philosophy, Psy- chology, and Technology. Article lll.—Members. The members of this Society shall be persons who are interested in Anthropology, and shall be divided into three classes: Active, Corresponding, and Honorary. The active members shall be those who reside in Washington, or in its vicinity, and who shall pay the dues required by Article XV. Failure to comply with this pro- vision within two months after notice of election, unless satisfac- torily explained to the Board of Managers, shall render the election void. Active members only shall be members of the corporation. Corresponding members shall be those who are engaged in anthro- pological investigations in other localities. Honorary members shall be those who have contributed by authorship or patronage to the advancement of Anthropology. Corresponding or honorary members may become active members by paying the fee required by Article XV. Any corresponding member from whom no scien- tific contribution is received for two years after his election may be dropped from the list of members by a vote of the Board of Man- agers ; but when so dropped shall be eligible to reinstatement. All members shall be elected by the Board of Managers, and by ballot, as follows : The name of the candidate shall be recom- mended to the Board, in writing, by two members of the Society, and eight affirmative ballots shall be necessary to an election. 6 No person shall be entitled to the privileges of active member- ship before paying the admission fee provided in Article XV. Article IV.—Officers. The officers of this Society shall be a President, four Vice-Presi- dents, a General Secretary, a Secretary to the Board of Managers, a Treasurer, and a Curator, all of whom, together with six other active members styled Councilors, shall constitute a Board of Managers, all to be elected by ballot at each annual meeting. The officers shall serve one year, or until their sucessors are elected. Vacancies occurring during the year shall be filled by the Board. Article V.—The Board of Managers. All business of the Society, except the election of officers at the annual meeting, shall be transacted by the Board of Managers, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. The Board shall have charge of the funds and property of the Society. The Board shall meet one half-hour before the regular sessions of the- Society, and at such other times as they may be called to- gether by the President. They may call special meetings of the Society. Article Vl.—The Sections. For active operations the Society shall be divided into four sec- tions, as follows: Section A, Somatology; Section B, Sociology; Section C, Philology, Philosophy, and Psychology; Section D, Technology. The Vice-Presidents of the Society shall be ex-officio chairmen of these sections respectively, and shall be designated by the President to their sections after their election. It shall be the duty of these sections to keep the Society informed upon the pro- gress of research in their respective fields, to make special investiga- tions when requested by the Board of Managers, to announce in- teresting discoveries, to collect specimens, manuscripts, publications, newspaper clippings, etc., and in every way to foster their divisions of the work. All papers presented to the sections shall be referred to the Board, and through it to the Society. 7 Article Vll.—The President. The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, shall preside over the meetings of the Society and of the Board, and shall appoint all committees in the Board and in the Society. He shall, with the Secretary to the Board of Managers, sign all written contracts and obligations of the Society and attest its cor- porate sealj and he shall perform such other duties as the Board of Managers shall assign to him. At the first meeting in February the retiring President shall deliver an address to the Society. Article VIII.—The Vice-Presidents. The Vice-Presidents shall respectively preside over the sections to which they have been designated, and represent such sections in the Board of Managers and in the Society. Each of the Vice-Presidents shall deliver an address during the year upon such subject within his department as he may select. \ Article IX.—The General Secretary. It shall be the duty of the General Secretary to record the trans- actions and conduct the general correspondence of the Society. Article X.—The Secretary to the Board of Managers. The Secretary to the Board of Managers shall keep the minutes of the Board, shall keep a list of active, corresponding, and hon- orary members, with their residences, shall notify members of the time and place of all meetings of the Society, and shall perform such other duties as the Board may direct. He shall have the cus- tody of the corporate seal. Article XL—The Treasurer. » The Treasurer shall receive and have charge of all moneys ; he shall deposit the funds as directed by the Board of Managers, and shall not expend any money except as ordered by the Board. He shall notify members in writing when their dues have remained un- paid for six months. Article Xll.—The Curator. The Curator shall receive, acknowledge, and have charge of all books, pamphlets, photographs, clippings, and other anthropologi- cal material, and shall dispose of them in accordance with Article XVI, keeping a record of them in a book provided by the Society. Article Xlll.—Meetings. The stated meetings of the Society shall be held on the first and the third Tuesday of each month from November to May, inclusive. An annual meeting for the election of officers shall be held on the third Tuesday of January in each year, a quorum to consist of twenty active members who are not in arrears for dues; and visitors shall not be admitted. The Proceedings of the Society shall be conducted in accordance with the established rules of parliamentary practice. Papers read shall be limited to twenty minutes, after which the subject shall be thrown open for discussion, remarks thereon to be limited to five minutes for each speaker. Article XlV.—Publications. The address of the President, provided in Article VII, and the transactions of the Society, shall be printed and published annually, or at such periods and in such form as may be determined by the Board of Managers. The Board may, at its discretion, publish a magazine devoted to anthropologic subjects, of which the above- named matter may form part. Article XV.—Fees and Dues. The admission fee shall be five dollars, which shall exempt the member from the payment of dues during the year in which he is elected. The annual dues thereafter shall be three dollars, to be paid on the first of February. The names of members failing to pay their dues one month after written notice from the Treasurer, as provided in Article XI, shall be dropped from the roll, unless from absence of the member from Washington, or other satisfactory explanation, the Board of Managers shall otherwise determine. The Board shall have power to remit the annual dues of a member in whole or in part. 9 % Article XVl.—Gifts. I It shall be the duty of all members to seek to increase and per- fect the materials of anthropological study in the national collec- tions at Washington. All gifts of specimens, books, pamphlets, maps, photographs, and newspaper clippings shall be received by the Curator, who shall exhibit them before the Society at the next regular meeting after their reception, and shall make such abstract or entry concerning them, in a book provided by the Society, as will secure their value as materials of research; after which all archaeological and ethnological materials shall be deposited in the National Museum, in the name of the donor and of the Society; all crania and somatic specimens, in the Army Medical Museum; all books, pamphlets, photographs, clippings, and abstracts, in the archives of the Society. Article XVll.—Amendments. These By-Laws shall not be amended except by a three-fourths vote of the active members present at the annual meeting for the election of officers, and after notice of the proposed change shall have been given in writing at a stated meeting of the Society, at least one month previously. Article XVlll.—Order of Business. The order of business at each stated meeting shall be: 1. Reading the minutes of the last meeting. 2. Report of the Board of Managers upon membership and other subjects. 3. Report of the Curator. 4. Reading the papers and discussions. 5. Notes and queries. LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. HONORARY MEMBERS. Prof. Demetri Anoutchine, Moscow, Russia. Prof. Adolf Bastian, Berlin, Prussia. Dr. John Beddoe, Bristol, England. Prof. George Busk, London, England. Prof. G. Capellini, Bologna, Italy. Prof. Emile Cartailhac, Toulouse, France. M. Ernest Chantre, Lyons, France. Dr. John Evans, London, England. Prof. H. Fisher, Freiburg, Baden. Rev. Lorimer FisOn, Navuloa, Fiji. Prof. William H. Flower, London, England. Prof. Ernest Haeckel, Jena, Germany. Dr. E. T. Hamy, Paris, France. Prof. W. His, Leipzig, Germany. Prof. Abel Hovelacque, Paris, France. Prof. Thomas 11. Huxley, London, England. Sr. Joaquim Garcia Icazbalceta, Mexico, Mexico. Sir John Lubbock, London, England. Prof. Paolo Mantegazza, Florence, Italy. Sir Henry S. Maine, London, England. Dr. A. B. Meyer, Leipzig, Germany. Prof. Gabriel de Mortillet, Paris, France. Prof. M. Much, Vienna, Austria. Prof. Frederick Muller, Vienna, Austria. Maj. Gen. Pitt-Rivers, London, England. Dr. Samuel Pozzi, Paris, France. Prof. A. de Quatrefages, Paris, France. 12 Prof. Gustav Retzius, Stockholm, Sweden. Prof. A. PL Sayce, Oxford, England. Dr. Emil Schmidt, Leipzig, Germany. Prof. Waldemar Schmidt, Copenhagen, Denmark Prof. Japetus Steenstrup, Copenhagen, Denmark. Dr. Paul Topinard, Paris, France. Dr. Edward B. Tylor, Oxford, England. Prof. Rudolph Virchow, Berlin, Prussia. Prof. Carl Vogt, Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Alfred R. Wallace, Godaiming, England. CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. Dr. Charles C. Abbott, Trenton, N. J. Dr. H. B. Adams, Baltimore, Md. Rev. Joseph Anderson, Waterbary, Conn. Dr. W. G. Anderson, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Hubert H. Bancroft, San Francisco, Cal. Mr. Ad. F. Bandeler, Highlands, Ills. Mr. Moriz Benedikt, Coblenz, Rhine-Prussia. Mr. A. F. Berlin, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Mr. George F. Black, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. J. E. Bransford, U. S. Navy. Prince Roland Bonaparte, St. Cloud, France. Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Lucien Carr, Cambridge, Mass. Sr. Alfredo Chavero, Mexico, Mexico. Dr. Arthur Cmervin, Paris, France. Dr. John Collett, Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. A. J. Conant, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Frank Cowan, Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, Manchester, England. Mr. George M. Dawson, Montreal, Canada. Dr. Alex. Fcker, Freiburg, Baden. Rev. Myron Fells, Skokomish, W. T. Dr. George J. Fngelmann, St. Louis, Mo. Qen. M, F. Force, Cincinnati, Ohio. Gen. L. Faidheree, Paris, France. M. P. Cazalis de Fondouce, Montpellier, France. Dr. A. Ernst, Caracas, Venezuela. Mr. Francis Galton, London, England. Dr. Enrico H. Giglioli, Florence, Italy. Mr. Basil H. Gildersleeve, Baltimore, Md. Count G. Gozzadini, Bologna, Italy. Mr, Horatio Hale, Clinton, Ontario, Canada. Prof. G. Stanley Hall, Cambridge, Mass. Major A. M. Hancock, Churchville, Maryland. Prof. Robert Hartmann, Berlin, Prussia. Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Mr. Frederick von Hellwald, Stuttgart, Wiirtemberg. Col. H. H. Hilder, St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Alfred W. Howitt, Gippsland, Victoria. Dr. P. R. Hoy, Racine, Wisconsin. Dr. C. C. Jones, Augusta, Georgia. Prof. Augustus H. Keane, London, England. Dr. Friedrich S. Krauss, Vienna, Austria. Rev. Geo. A. Leakin, Baltimore, Md. Dr. Gustav Le Bon, Paris, France. Dr. Oscar Loew, Munich, Bavaria. Baron de Maricourt, Vendome, France. Count de Maricourt, Senlis, France. Prof. Oscar Montelius, Stockholm, Sweden. Prof. Edward S. Morse, Salem, Mass. Marquis de Nadaillac, Paris, France. Dr. Lladislau Netto, Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Mr. E. W. Nelson, Colorado Springs, Col. Sr. Orozco y Berr*, Mexico, Mexico. Mr. Ivan Petroff, Mr. Alphonse Pinart, Panama, United States of Colombia Prof. I. Pomialowsky, St. Petersburg, Russia. Prof. Raphael Pumpelly, Newport, R. I. Prof. Frederick W. Putnam, Cambridge, Mass. Prof. Johannes Ranke, Munich, Bavaria. M. Elisee Reclus, Clarens, Vaux, Switzerland. Mr. H. Rivett-Carnac, Allahabad, India. Mr. C. C. Royce, Troy, Ohio. Dr. Serrurier, Leyden, Holland. Rev. Edmund S. Slafter, Boston, Mass Dr. Ludwig Stieda, Dorpat, Russia. Dr. F. Techmer, Leipzig, Germany. Dr. Hermann F. C. Ten Kate, The Hague, Holland. Dr. FI. Alton Thompson, Topeka, Kansas. Mr. Arni Thorsteinson, Reykjavik, Iceland. Dr. Aurele de ToroK, Buda-Pesth, Hungary. Mr. E. P. Vining, Chicago, 111. Dr. H. Wankel, Blansko, Moravia. Mr. W, C. Whitford, Milton, Wisconsin. Rev. S. J. Whitmee, Dublin, Ireland. Pres’t Daniel Wilson, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Prof. Alex Winchell, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Count G. Zaborowski, Paris, France. ACTIVE MEMBERS. Dr. Geo. N. Acker, Demonstrator of Physiology, Nat. Med. Col Mr. Chas. F. Adams, Interior Department. Dr. A. T. Augusta, Physician, 1319 L street N. W. Mr. W. H. Babcock, Solicitor of Patents, P. O. Box 220. Dr. Frank Baker, Professor of Anatomy, 1315 Corcoran street. Mr. Henry M. Baker, 1411 F street N. W. Mr. Marcus Baker, U. S. Geological Survey. Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., 1836 Jefferson Place. Mr. H. 11. Bates, Examiner-in-Chief, U. S. Patent Office. Prof. Alex. Graham Bell, 1336 19th street N. W. Mr. Chas. J. Bell, 13x4 19th street N. W. Dr. Horatio R. Bigelow, 1228 N street N. VV. Mr. Oris Bigelow, Banker, 1501 1 Sth street, N. W. Dr. John S. Billings, U. S, A., Surgeon General’s Office. Mr. H. H. Bliss, Attorney-at-Law, 715 II street N. W. Mr. Jas. H. Blodgett, U. S. Geological Survey. Capt. John G. Bourke, U. S. A., The Milton. Mr. J. Stanley Brown, 1318 Massachusetts avenue N. VV. Gen. Wm. Henry Browne, 1645 K street N. W. Dr. J. H. Bryan, 1644 Connecticut avenue. Prof. E. F. Burgess, Washington High School, 1120 13th street N. W. Dr. S. M. Burnett, Oculist, 1734 K street N. W. Prof. J. W. Chickering, Jr., National Deaf-Mute College. Prof. F. W. Clarke, U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. Edwin Coombs, Mr. Jeremiah Curtin, Bureau of Ethnology. Mr. Frank H. Cushing, Bureau of Ethnology. Dr. W. H. Dale, U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. David T. Day, 2406 14th street N. W. Mr. J. S. Diller, Eh S. Geological Survey. Mr. Wm. C. Dodge, Solicitor of Patents, 116 B street N. E. Rev. J. Owen Dorsey, Bureau of Ethnology. Mr. Henry H. Doubleday, Attorney, 715 H street N. W. Capt. C. E. Dutton, U. S. A., U. S. Geological Survey. Prof. J. R. Eastman, U. S. Naval Observatory. Mr. Joseph R. Edson, Attorney, 1003 F street N. W. Mr. Wm. Eimbeck, U. S. Coast Survey. Dr. Robert Fletcher, Editor Index Medicus, The Portland. Mr. Weston Flint, iioi K street N. W. Mr. Gerard Fowke, Bureau of Ethnology. Mr. Robert C. Fox, 1437 Pennsylvania avenue. Prof. E. T. Fristoe, Columbian University. Dr. E. M. Gallaudet, President National Deaf-Mute College. Mr. Henry Gannett, U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. Albert S. Gatschet, Bureau of Ethnology. Mr. C D. Gedney, U. S. Coast Survey Office. Mr. G. K. Gilbert, U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. G. Brown Goode, Director U. S. National Museum. Mr. J. King Goodrich, Osaka, Japan. Prof. J. Howard Gore, Columbian University. Hon. J. M. Gregory (absent). Dr. Charles E. Hagner, Physician, 1507 H street N. W. Mr. Amos W. Plart, Solicitor of Patents, Lock Box 13. Dr. W. H. Hawkes, Physician, 1400 K street N. W. Mr. Augustus S. Heaton, 1618 17th street N. W. Mr, H. W. Henshaw, Bureau of Ethnology. Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt, Bureau of Ethnology. Mr. Chas. S. Hill, The Milton. Prof. Howard L. Hodgkins, Columbian University. 16 Dr. W. J. Hoffman, Bureau of Ethnology. Mr. W. H. Holmes, U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. Walter Hough, National Museum. Mr. David Hutcheson, Assistant, Library of Congress. Mr. John Irwin, Jr., City of Mexico, Mexico. Rear Admiral T. A. Jenkins, U. S. N., 2115 Pennsylvania avenue. Mr. H. P. Jerrell, 1464 Rhode Island avenue Dr. Joseph Taber Johnson, Physician, 926 17th street N. W. Mr. P. L. Jouy, Smithsonian Institution. Mr. S. H. Kauffman, 1000 M street N. W. Mr. George Kennan, Journalist, Lock Box 23. Mr. Mark B. Kerr, U. S. Geological Survey. Dr. A. F. A. King, Dean of the Nat. Med. Cul., 726 13th street N.W. Hon. John J. Knox, Pres’t National Bank of the Republic, New York. Mr. Francis La Flesche, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Dr. William Lee, Physician, 21 i i Pennsylvania avenue. Prof. Lee D. Lodge, Columbian University. Mr. Wm. 11. Lowdermilk, 1424 F street N. W. Judge Arthur Mac Arthur, 1201 N street N. W. Hon. Joseph K. McCammon, Attorney, 1420 F street N. W. Mr. I. H. McDonald, Solicitor, No. 1 Broadway, New York City. Mr. J. J. McElhone, Chief of Corps of Official Reporters of the House of Representatives. Mr. Henry B. F. Macfarland, 1727 F street N. W. Mr. W J McGee, U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. J. D. McGuire, Ellicott City, Maryland. Col. Garrick Mallery, U. S. A., Bureau of Ethnology. Prof. Otxs T. Mason, U. S. National Museum, 1305 Q.street N. W. Dr. Washington Matthews, U. S. A., 1262 N. H. avenue. Dr. C. Plart Merriam, Department of Agriculture. Mr. Cosmos Mindeleff, Bureau of Ethnology. Mr. Victor Mindeleff, Bureau of Ethnology. Mr. Henry Mitchell, U. S. Coast Survey. Mr. James Mooney, Bureau of Ethnology. Dr. James E. Morgan, Physician, 905 E street N. W. Mr. John Murdoch, Librarian U. S. National Museum. Dr. P. J. Murphy, Columbia Hospital. Prof. Simon Newcomb, U. S. N., Navy Department. Ensign Albert Niblack, U. S. N., Navy Department. 17 Mr. Charles Nordhoff, Journalist, 1731 K street N. W, Mr. J. A. Norris, 1236 13th street. Mr. Crosby S. Noyes, Journalist, Evening Star. Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. Maurice Pechxn, Stenographer, War Department. Mr. Edward T. Peters, 1225 F street N. W. Hon. Wm. A. Phillips, 1008 H street N. W, Mr. W. Hallett Phillips, 1707 H street N. W. Mr. Perry 13. Pierce, Examiner, U. S. Patent Office. Mr. J. C. Pilling, Chief Clerk Bureau of Ethnology. Mr. Wm. M. Poindexter, 807 17th street N. W. Mr. Anthony Pollok, Attorney, 636 F street N. W. Prof. Samuel Porter, National Deaf-Mute College. Major J. W. Powell, Director U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. W. B. Powell, Supt. Pub. Schools, Franklin School Building Dr. D. Webster Prentiss, Physician, iici 14th street N. W. Mr. S. V. Proudfit, Interior Department. Mr. Chas. F. Randall, Examine!-, U. S. Patent Office. Lieut. Com. W. W. Reisinger, U. S. N., Metropolitan Club. Mr. John H. Renshawe, U. S. Geological Survey. Dr. Elmer R. Reynolds, U. S. Pension Office. Mr. H. L. Reynolds, Jr., Bureau of Ethnology. Mr. Wm. J. Rhees, Chief Clerk, Smithsonian Institution. Prof. C. V. Riley, Entomologist, U. S. Agricultural Department. Dr. Louis W. Ritchie, Physician, 3259 N street N. W. Mr. Miles Rock, 1430 Chapin street. Mr. John Savary, Assistant, Library of Congress. Col. Franklin A. Seely, Examiner, U. S. Patent Office. Dr. R. W. SHUFELDT, U. S. A., care Smithsonian Institution. Dr. J. O. Skinner, U. S. A., Surgeon General’s Office. Mr. Chas. W. Smiley, Box 630, Washington, D. C. Mr. Merwin M. Snell, U. S. Fish Commission. Hon. W. B. Snell, Attorney, 941 K street N. W. Mr. Thorvald Solberg, Anacostia P. 0., D. C. Gen. Ellis Spf:ar, Solicitor of Patents, Lock Box 1. Dr. J. O. Stanton, Physician, 1344 G street N. W. Mr. George R. Stetson, 1441 Massachusetts avenue. Rev. Benjamin Swallow, Washington, D. C. Prof. Wm. B. Taylor, Smithsonian Institution. 18 Prof. Cyrus Thomas, Bureau of Ethnology. Mr. A. H. Thompson, U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. Gilbert Thompson, U. S. Geological Survey. Dr. J. Ford Thompson, Surgeon, 804 17th street N. W. Dr. J. M. Toner, Physician, 615 Louisiana Avenue. Mr. Charles D. Walcott, U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. Lester F. Ward, U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. W. C. Whittemore, 1300 17th street N. W. Mr. Frederick Webber, 433 3d street N. W. Dr. James C. Welling, Pres’t of Columbian University, 1302 Conn. Ave. Mr. Thos. Wilson, 1218 Connecticut avenue. Dr. J. PL Yarnall, 3028 P street N. W. Dr, H. C. Yarrow, U. S. A., 814 17th street N. W,