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CONSTITUTION. 
ARTICLE I. 
NAME. 
The name of this Society shall be “ The Biological So- 
ciety of Washington.” 
ARTICLE II. 
OBJECTS. 
Its objects shall be to encourage the study of the Biologi- 
cal Sciences, and to hold meetings at which papers shall be 
read and discussed. 
ARTICLE III. 
MEMBERS. 
The Society shall consist of active, corresponding and 
honorary members. Candidates for membership shall be 
proposed to the Council, in writing, by at least three mem- 
bers, and, upon recommendation of the majority of the 
Council present at its regular meeting, shall be balloted for 
at the earliest ensuing meeting. A majority vote of the 
members present when the ballot is taken shall be neces- 
sary to election. 
ARTICLE IV 
The officers shall be a President, four Vice Presidents, 
two Secretaries and a Treasurer. There shall be a council, 
consisting of the officers of the Society and five members, 
OFFICERS. 2 
to be elected by the Society. A quorum of the council shall 
consist of seven members. Its duties shall be to act on nom- 
inations for membership, have the direction of the finances, 
audit the accounts of the Treasurer, and provide a programme 
for each meeting of the Society. 
The officers shall be elected by ballot, at each annual meet- 
ing, and shall serve one year, or until their successors are 
elected. 
ARTICLE V. 
The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice Presi- 
dents, shall preside at meetings of the Society and Council. 
The presiding officer shall appoint all committees in tne 
Council and in the Society, unless otherwise' ordered. It 
shall be the duty of the retiring president to deliver an ad- 
dress at the second meeting in January. 
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENTS. 
ARTICLE VI. 
SECRETARIES. 
The Secretaries shall take and preserve correct minutes of 
the proceedings of the Society and Council and a record of 
the members, shall conduct its correspondence, give due 
notice of all meetings, and inspect and count all ballots. 
ARTICLE VII. 
TREASURER. 
The Treasurer shall have charge of all money and other 
property of the Society, and shall make disbursements un- 
der the direction of the Council. He shall collect all fees 
and assessments, and notify members who may be in arrears: 
ARTICLE VIII. 
SECTIONS. 
Sections for special work in any department of Biology 
may be formed upon the recommendation of the Council. 3 
ARTICLE IX. 
Stated meetings shall, unless otherwise ordered, be held 
on Friday of each alternate week, at eight o’clock P. M. 
The annual meeting for the election of officers shall be the 
first meeting in January. Special and field meetings may 
be called by the Council. 
MEETINGS. 
ARTICLE X. 
FEES. 
The initiation fee shall be one dollar; the annual fee one 
dollar. Members in arrears for one year shall, after due 
notification by the Treasurer, be dropped from the rolls. 
No member in arrears shall be entitled to vote at the annual 
meeting for the election of officers. 
ARTICLE XI. 
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. 
The constitution of the Society may be amended by a 
two-thirds vote of the members present, at any regular 
meeting, after at least four weeks’ notice. 
ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
ARTICLE XII. 
The order of business at each regular meeting, unless 
otherwise provided by the Council, shall be as follows: 
I. Reading of minutes. 
II. Reports of Committees. 
III. Balloting for members. 
IV. Nominations for membership. 
V. Miscellaneous business. 
VI. Reading of papers, discussions, and exhibition of 
specimens. Article XII may be suspended at any time by 
a two-thirds vote of the members present. ie Ijiolosical of 
OFFICERS. 
President, THEO. N. GILL. 
CHARLES V RILEY. 
J W. CHICKERING. 
LESTER F. WARD. 
HENRY ULKE. 
Vice Presidents, 
Secretaries, 
G. BROWN GOODE. 
RICHARD RATH BUN. 
Treasurer, 
ROBERT RIDGWAY. 
J. HENRY COMSTOCK. 
J. H. KIDDER. 
A. F. A. KING. 
OTIS T. MASON. 
GEORGE VASEY. 
Council,  jjiological of 
HONORARY MEMBER. 
SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD. 
ACTIVE MEMBERS. 
January 14, 1881. 
FRANCIS ASBURY ASHFORD. 
FRANK BAKER. 
TARLETON HOFFMAN BEAN. 
HERMAN HOFFMAN BIRNEY. 
JAMES TEMPLE BROWN. 
STEPHEN C. BROWN. 
EDSON ALMERON BURDICK. 
SAMUEL CLAGETT BUSEY. 
JOHN WHITE CHICKER1NG. 
ALONZO HOWARD CLARK. 
JAMES HENRY COMSTOCK. 
WILLIAM HEALEY DALL. 
ROBERT EDWARD EARLL. 
THOMAS B. FERGUSON. 
CHARLES DEFOREST GEDNEY. 
THEODORE NICHOLAS GILL. 
GEORGE BROWN GOODE. 
JAMES HOWARD GORE. 
FERDINAND A. IIASSLER. 
WALTER JAMES HOFFMAN. 
LELAND O. HOWARD. 
ERNEST INGERSOLL. 
PIERRE LOUIS JOUY. 
JEROME HENRY KIDDER. 
ALBERT FREEMAN AFRICANUS 
KING. 
WILLIAM LEE. 
GEORGE MARX. 
OTIS TUFTON MASON. 
MARSHALL McDONALD. 
GEORGE PERKINS MERRILL. 
BASIL NORRIS. 
WILLIAM HAMPTON PATTON. 
THEODORE PERGANDE. 
JOHN HAMPDEN PORTER. 
DANIEL WEBSTER PRENTISS. 
RICHARD RATH BUN. 
ROBERT RIDGWAY. 
CHARLES VALENTINE RILEY. 
EDWARD MARTIN SCHAEFFER. 
EUGENE AMANDUS SCHWARZ. 
CHARLES WILLISS SCUDDER. 
NEWTON PRATT SCUDDER. 
WILLIAM HENRY SEAMAN. 
CHARLES STILES SHELDON. 
CHARLES WESLEY SMILEY. 
THOMAS TAYLOR. 
JAMES EDWARD TODD. 
JOSEPH MEREDITH TONER. ' 
FREDERICK WILLIAM TRUE. 
HENRY ULKE. 
GEORGE VASEY. 
LESTER FRANK WARD. 
CHARLES ABIATHAR WHITE. 
ALFRED WILLIAMS. 
JOSEPH McMINN WILSON. 
W. J. WOLFLEY. 
HENRY CRISSEY YARROW.