2. He shall prepare a suitable catalogue of the same and have all papers and manuscripts properly numbered, filed or arranged for security and convenient reference.

3. He shall keep an account of all books taken from the library by the members or any person specially authorized so to do by the Society, and by whom taken, and mark their return.

4. He shall in no case allow manuscripts to be taken from his possession, or copies of the same to be made, or articles to be removed from the cabinet, without express permission from the Society previously asked and obtained.

5. He shall also keep a record of all donations, in a book specially set apart for that purpose, giving date of donations, how received, name of donor, where residing, full description of books, pictures, manuscripts, tracts, antiquities or relics presented, how said donations were disposed of by the Society, and when acknowledgment was made to donor; where donation is to be found, how endorsed, numbered and filed.

6. It shall also be his duty to provide for the full security of all books and collections belonging to the Society, by reporting, as occasion may require, their condition, and recommend such steps as he shall judge necessary for their perfect preservation, and make an annual report in writing to the Society of all donations and general condition of cabinet and library.

UNION OF OFFICES IN THE SAME INDIVIDUAL.

The offices of Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Librarian and Cabinet Keeper,

or any of them, may be conferred upon the same individual, when in the judgment of the Society the same shall be deemed expedient.

STANDING COMMITTEES AND THEIR DUTIES.

I.

Committee on Business.-There shall be appointed by the President at the annual meeting, standing committees of business, to be composed of three members each, on the following subjects, viz:

2. A Committee of Publication.-To select and prepare all articles, papers, or essays proposed for publication by the Society, and with its approval to superintend the printing thereof.

3. A Committee on the Library and Cabinet:--To counsel and assist the Librarian in enlarging and preserv ing the Society's collections, and also to prepare and recommend such regulations for the use of same as shall be judged necessary to be approved by the Society.

Any officer of this Society or member of a standing committee may be removed from office by a vote of a majority of members present at any meeting, provided ten active members be present, and the party moved against be notified for two weeks next previous, if in the city of St. Louis.

INITIATION FEE AND ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.

Every active and associate member shall pay an initiation fee of $5, and an annual assessment of $5 to the Treasurer within three months after the annual meeting, or incur an additional charge of fifty cents per month, as fine for not paying within the time specified.

REVISION OF THE LIST OF MEMBERS.

A revision of the list of members of this Society shall be made at the annual meeting of the Society for choice of officers, at which time shall be erased or discontinued the names of such members as by virtue of the Society's Constitution or By-Laws shall have ceased to be entitled to membership therein.

CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.

Any person may be admitted as a corresponding member of this Society by the vote of two-thirds of the members present at any meeting, provided that the candidate shall have been duly nominated at the preceding regular meeting and the nomination regularly referred and considered by the committee on membership.

HONORARY MEMBERSHIP.

Honorary members may be chosen by vote at any regular meeting, the nomination having been made and referred at the regular meeting previously held.

REMOVAL OF MEMBERS.

In all cases of complaint against any member for misdemeanor or conduct incompatible with membership, the party complained of shall be served by the Secretary with a copy of the specific charges preferred against him; he shall also notify him to appear before the Committee on Membership, at a certain place and time therein specified, to show cause why he should not be dismissed from membership of the Society. The decision of the Committee on Membership shall be sent to the defendant by the Secretary.

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ALTERATION IN THE CONSTITUTION.

This Constitution may be altered by the vote of a majority of the members present at any regular meeting, provided that ten of the members shall be present; and provided further, that any proposed alteration or amendment shall have been submitted at the second regular meeting next previously held, and read publicly at the last previous meeting to the one at which the vote shall be taken.

BY-LAWS.

The regular meetings of this Society shall be held at the Society's rooms in St. Louis, or at such place as the President and Recording Secretary may appoint, on the third Thursday of each month, the hour to be designated by the Secretary in the notice of the meeting.

NOTICES.

Written or printed notice of each meeting shall be given by the Secretary to the active members not less than three days next before such meeting shall be held either through the Post-Office, or by leaving the same at their usual place of abode, or by publication in at least one of the daily newspapers published in the city of St. Louis.

ADJOURNMENTS.

Any meeting of this Society may be adjourned whether a quorum be present or not, to such time as the majority of the members present shall determine, provided, however, that notice of that adjournment shall be given by the Secretary to the members, as aforesaid, in section 2.