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committee be discharged and that a new committee of five be 

 appointed. The President appointed the fohowing: Herbert 

 Osborn, Chairman; T. C. Mendenhall, M. M. Metcalf, E. L. 

 Rice, L. B. Walton. 



Report of the Committee on Codification of the Constitution 



The following report of the Committee on Codification of the 

 Constitution, presented by Prof. Blake, was discussed at some 

 length in both business sessions and finally laid upon the table 

 by vote of the Academy. 



May 30, 1918. 

 To the Ohio Academy of Science: 



Two matters were referred to this cominittee — the codification of 

 the Constitution and By-Laws and the question of lengthening the 

 term of office of the President and Secretary. The term of office of 

 the Treasurer was not specifically inentioned, but should be logically 

 included with the others. 



One member of the committee, Professor Carney, has been out of 

 the State so much of the time that he has been practically unavailable; 

 the remaining members, neither of whom was able to attend the last 

 annual meeting, are somewhat in doubt concerning the intention of 

 the Academy as to "codification," and are in decided disagreement 

 concerning the question of the term of office. 



Interpreting "codification" in the narrow sense, and not as the 

 equivalent of general revision, the committee begs to report that the 

 Secretary has a record of all amendments which have been passed, 

 and that the preparation of the Constitution and By-Laws for the 

 press will be a simple clerical matter when the Executive Committee 

 is ready to proceed with the printing. 



Considering the term of office of President, Secretary and Treasurer, 

 the committee, while unable to present a definite recommendation, 

 offers the following suggestions: 



1. Term of Office of President. — One member of the committee 

 favors the lengthening of the term to three years, for the following 

 reasons: The Ohio Academy bears the same relation to the State 

 Government that the National Academy of Science does to the Federal 

 Government. For the period of the war and especially for the recon- 

 struction period after the war it would seem that longer terms of office 

 than at present would give the opportunity for some real constructive 

 work of immense and permanent value. The other member feels that 

 it is wiser to retain the present one year tenn, particularly in view of the 

 fact that the President is expected to present the annual address. 

 The change to the longer term would necessitate the preparation of 

 three consecutive addresses by the same man would leave the 

 Academy without a presidential address in two out of every three years. 

 A third alternative would be the abolition of the address — a result 

 equally objectionable with the others. 



