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5. Stated Meetings of the Council, shall be held coincidently with the stated 

 meetings of the Academy. Special meetings of the Council may be called by the President 

 at such times as he may deem necessary. 



6. Quorum. At meetings of the Academy a majority of those registered m attendance 

 shall constitute a quorum. Four members shall constitute a quorum of the Council. 



ARTICLE VII: Publications. 



The publications of the Academy shall be under the immediate control of the Council, 

 but the Council shall accord to each author the right, vmder proper restrictions, to publish 

 through whatever channel he may choose. 



ARTICLE VIII: Sections. 



1. Members not less than eight in number may by special permission of the Academy 

 unite to form a Section for the investigation of any branch of science. Each Section shall 

 bear the name of the science which it represents, thus: The Section of (Agriculture) 

 of The Michigan Academy of Science. 



2. Each Section is empowered to perfect its own organization as limited by the Con- 

 stitution and By-Laws of the Academy. 



ARTICLE IX. Amendments. 



This Constitution may be amended at any Winter [Annual] meeting by a three-fourths 

 vote of all the Resident Members present. 



BY-LAWS. 



CHAPTER I: Membership. 



1. No person shall be accepted as a Resident Member unless he pay the dues for the 

 year, within three months after notification of his election. The annual dues shall be one 

 (1) dollar, payable on or before the annual meeting in advance; but a single pre-payment 

 of twenty-five (25) dollars shall be accepted as commutation for life. 



2. The sums paid in commutation of dues shall he invested, and the interest used for 

 the ordinary purposes of the Academy during the payer's life, but after his death the sum 

 shall be covered into the Research Fund. 



3. An arrearage in payment of annual dues shall deprive a Resident Member of the 

 privilege of taking part in the management of the Academy and of receiving the publica- 

 tions of the Academy. An arrearage continuing over two (2) years shall be construed 

 as notification of withdrawal. 



4. Any person eligible under Article III of the Constitution, may be elected Patron 

 upon the payment of one hundred (100) dollars to the Research Fund of the Academy. 



CHAPTER II: Officials. 



1. The President shall countersign, if he approves, all duly authorized accounts 

 and orders drawn on the Treasurer for the disbursement of money. 



2. The Secretary, until otherwise ordered by the Academy, shall perform the duties 

 of Editor, Librarian, and Custodian of the property of the Society. 



3. The Academy may elect an Assistant Secretary. 



4. The Treasurer shall give bonds, with two good sureties approved by the Council, 

 in the sum of five hundred dollars, for the faithful and honest performance of his duties, 

 and the safe-keeping of the funds of the Academy. He may deposit the funds in bank 

 at his discretion, but shall not invest them without the authority of the Council. His 

 accounts shall be balanced on the first day of the Annual Meeting of each year. 



5. The minutes of the proceedings of the Council shall be subject to call by the Academy. 



