10 MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



2. Each Section is empowered to perfect its own organization as 

 limited by the Constitution 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 

 his iniation fee, and the dues for the year, within three months after 

 notification of his election. The iniation fee shall be one (1) dollar and 

 the annual dues one (1) dollar, the latter payable on or before the annual 

 meeting in advance; but a single prepayment of twenty-five (25) dollars 

 shall be accepted as commutation for life. 



2. The sums paid in commutation of dues shall be 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 publications of the Academy. An arrearage con- 

 tinuing over two (2) years shall be construed as notification of with- 

 drawal. 



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 author- 

 ized accounts and orders drawn on the Treasurer for the disbursement 

 of money. 



2. The Secretary, until otherwise ordered by the Academy, shall per- 

 form 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 ac- 

 counts shall be balanced on the first day of the Annual Meeting of each 

 year. 



