H. C. Hanson, Chairman of the Committee on Applied Ecology. 
V. E. Shelford, Chairman of the Committee for the Study of Plant and 
       Animal Communities. 
    Under the by-law the terms must be arranged by the President to run 
one, two, three years to provide alternate expiration. 
    Later action elected A. 0. Weese a member of the Executive Committee

for one year. 
    The Secretary-Treasurer then asked the Society to take the necessary

steps to separate the secretaryship from the treasurership as the consequence

of the growing demands upon his time. It was moved by V. E. Shelford 
that the incoming officers are instructed to draft and publish an amendment

to the Constitution of the Society separating the office of Secretary and
of 
Treasurer and fixing the term of office so that both will not expire in the

same year. A three year term was recommended. The motion was sec- 
onded by G. D. Fuller and passed without dissenting vote. 
    It was moved by V. E. Shelford that the incoming officers are instructed

to draft a modification of the Constitution authorizing Organization member-

ships. The annual dues of the Organization Members should be from two 
dollars to ten dollars or more, as elected by the organization. They will

receive the Bulletin of the Society, and the reprinted report of the Com-

mittees described under the by-law. By " Organization" is meant
all kinds 
of organizations interested in the preservation of nature and application
of 
ecological principles, such as universities, colleges, museums, and institutions

of similar nature. The motion was seconded and passed without dissenting

vote. 
   It was moved by V. E. Shelf ord that the Treasurer, or Secretary-Treas-

urer, be instructed to provide a proper space of printed matter on all cards

calling for the dues, inviting members to make voluntary contributions to
the 
support of the Committees described under the new by-law, setting up the

three Committees authorized at this business meeting. The motion was 
seconded and adopted without dissenting vote. 
   V. E. Shelf ord called the attention of the Society to a failure to comply

with a contract with Williams and Wilkins Publishing Company. The Sec- 
retary was requested to secure the publication of the required notices con-

cerning "The Naturalists' Guide to the Americas." 
 
 
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