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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 reg- 

 istered in 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 

 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 rep- 

 resents, thus: The Section of (Agriculture) of the Michigan Academy 

 of Science. 



2. Each section is empowered to perfect its own organization as lim- 

 ited by the Constitution and By-Laws of the Academy. 



ARTICLE IX : AMENoivrENTS. 



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 elec- 

 tion. An affiliated society, after the secretary has been notified that it 

 will be accepted as affiliated shall also be expected to pay the annual 

 dues, but a commutation of twenty-live dollars shall be accepted for a 

 permanent membership. The annual dues shall be one (1) dollar, pay- 

 able on or before the annual meeting in advance; but a single prepay- 

 ment of twentv-five (25) dollars shall be accepted as commutation for 

 life. 



2. The sums paid in commutation of dues shall be invested, and the in- 

 terest 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 Acad- 

 emy and of receiving the publications of the Academy. An arrearage 



