CONSTITUTION. 9 



sonally acquainted with the nominee and his qualifications for member- 

 ship. ' The Council shall submit the nominations received by them, if 

 approved, to a vote of the Academy at a ron^ulMr meetiuj;-. 



4. Election of Ofkicers. Kominations for oflice shall be made by 

 the Council as provided in the By-Laws. The nominations shall be sub- 

 mitted to a vote of the Academy at its winter [Annual] meeting. The 

 officers thus elected shall enter upon duty at llie adjournment of the 

 meeting. 



5. At the meeting in which this Constitution is adopted the officers 

 for the ensuing year shall be elected in such manner as the Academy 

 may determine. 



ARTICLE VI : Meetings. 



1. The Academy shall hold at least two stated meetings a year — a 

 Suminer [or Field] Meeting, and a Winter [or A^iniial] Meeting. The 

 date and place of each meeting shall be fixed by the Council, and an- 

 nounced by circular at least thrc^ mouths before the meeting. The pro- 

 gramme of each meeting shall be determined by the Council, and an- 

 nounced beforehand, in its general features. The details of the daily 

 sessions shall also be arranged by the Council. 



2. All members must forward to the Secretary, if possible before the 

 convening of the Academy, full titles of all papers which they propose to 

 present during the meeting, with a statement of the time that each will 

 occupy in delivery and a brief abstract of their contents. From the 

 abstracts thus presented, the Council will determine the fitness of the 

 paper for the programme. 



3. This section stricken out April 1, 1898. 



4. Special Meetings of the Academy may be called by the Council, 

 and must be called upon the written request of twenty Resident Members. 



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 regis- 

 tered in attendance shall constitute a quorum. Four members shall con- 

 stitute 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, 

 under proper restrictions, to publish through whatever channel he may 

 choose. 



ARTICLE VIII: Sections. 



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. 

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