SEVENTH REPORT. 



CHAPTER III: Election of Members. 



1. Nominations for Resident Membership may be proposed at any time on blanks to 

 be supplied by the Secretary. 



2. The form for the nomination of Resident Members shall be as follows: 



In accordance with his desire, we respectfully nominate for Resident Member of The 

 Michigan Academy of Science. 

 (Full name) 

 (Address) 

 (Occupation) 



(Branch of Science interested in, work already done, and publications if any) 

 (Signed by at least two Resident Members) 

 The form when filled is to be transmitted to the Secretary. 



3. The Secretary shall bring all nominations before the Council at either the winter 

 [Annual] or summer [Field] meeting of the Academy, and the Council shall signify its 

 approval or disapproval of each. 



4. At the same or next stated meeting of the Academy, the Secretary shall present 

 the list of candidates to the Academy for election. 



5. Corresponding Members, Honorary Members, and Patrons shall be nominated by 

 the Council, and shall be elected in the same manner as Resident Members. 



CHAPTER IV: Election of Officers. 



Section 1. At the Annual Meeting the election of officers shall take place, and the 

 officers elected shall enter on their duties at the end of the meeting. 



Section 2. The Council shall nominate a candidate for each office, but each Section 

 may recommend to the Council a candidate for its Vice-President. Additional nominations 

 may be made by any member of the Academy. All elections shall be made by ballot. 



CHAPTER V: Financial Methods. 



1. No pecuniary obligation shall be contracted without express sanction of the Academy 

 or the Council. But it is to be understood that all ordinary, incidental and running ex- 

 penses have the permanent sanction of the Academy, without special action. 



2. The creditor of the Academy must present to the Treasurer a fully itevtized bill, 

 certified by the official ordering it, and approved by the President. The Treasurer shall 

 then pay the amount out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, and the receipted biU 

 shall be held as his voucher. 



3. At each annual meeting, the President shall call upon the Academy to choose two 

 members, not members of the Council, to whom shall be referred the books of the Treasurer, 

 duly posted and balanced to the first day of the Annual Meeting as specified in the By-Laws, 

 Chapter II, Paragraph 4. These Auditors shall examine the accounts and vouchers 

 of the Treasurer, and any member or members of the Council may be present during the 

 examination. The report of the Auditors shall be rendered to the Academy before the 

 adjournment of the meeting and the Academy shall take appropriate action. 



CHAPTER VI: Publications. 



1. The publications are in charge of the Council and under their control, limited only 

 as given by Article VII, of the Constitution. 



2. One copy of each publication shall be sent to each Resident Member, Correspond- 

 ing Member, Honorary Member, and Patron, and each author shall receive fifty copies 

 of his memoir. This provision shall not be understood as including publications in journals 

 not controlled by the Academy. [By recent ruling, authors receive no reprints free. If 

 reprints are wanted the Academy will pay two-thirds if the author pays one-third the cost 

 of printing not to exceed two hundred fifty copies.] (Minutes of 1903.) 



CHAPTER VII: The Research Fund. \ 



1. The Research Fund shall consist of moneys paid by the general public for publica- 

 tions of the Academy, of donations made in aid of research, and of the sums paid in com- 

 mutation of dues according to the By-Laws, Chapter I, Paragraphs 2 and 4. 



