ARTICLE VIII. 



Membership. 



The Academy shall be composed of Active, Honorary, and 

 ( Jorresponding Members. 



Any of the Active members who have been distinguished 



in literary or scientific work may be granted the Degree of 

 Fellow by the Directors, as provided in Article VII. 



Honorary and Corresponding membership may be con- 

 ferred upon persons not active members. Such Honorary and 

 Corresponding members shall be exempt from dues, and they 

 shall have the right of participating in the discussions of the 

 Academy, but they shall have no vote and hold no office, nor 

 be appointed upon any committee. 



A candidate for Active membership shall be recommended 

 by two members, upon the form prescribed by the Directors, 

 and the annual dues of three dollars for the current year shall 

 accompany the application. 



Members shall receive without charge all publications by 

 the Academy, except such as may be issued by subscription. 



ARTICLE IX. 

 Department Sections. 



Department Sections, embracing individual branches of 

 science, may be organized under regulations prescribed by the 

 Board of Directors. 



Each Section shall elect a Chairman and a Secretary and 

 such other officers as it may think proper, and it shall be in- 

 dependent in its management except in those matters subject 

 to control by the Directors. 



No associate of any Section shall have the right to vote 

 therein unless he is an active member of the Academy. 



All Sections shall present to the Academy, at its regular 

 meeting in June, a report of its proceedings during the year. 



ARTICLE X. 

 Dues. 



No admission fee shall be required. 



The annual dues of Active Members shall be three dollars, 

 which must be paid to the Treasurer in January : 



Provided: That the dues of members residing without a 

 radius of thirty miles from the City of Los Angeles shall be 

 but one dollar per year. 



No assessments for any purposes whatsoever shall be lev- 

 ied upon members. 



Any member paying the sum of one hundred dollars shall 

 be placed in the class of Life Members, and shall thereafter be 

 exempt from all dues. 



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