CONSTITUTION 



OF THE WISCONSIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ARTS, AND 



LETTERS. 



[As amended in Articles V, VI andIX at the regular meetings of Decem- 

 ber, 1899 and December, 1901.] 



Article I. — Name and Location. 



This association shall be known as the Wisconsin Academy of Sci- 

 ences, Arts, and Letters, and shall be located at the city of Madison. 



Article II. — Object. 



The object of the Academy shall be the promotion of sciences, arts, 

 and letters in the state of Wisconsin. Among the special objects shall 

 be the publication of the results of investigation and the formation of 

 a library. 



Article III. — Membership. 



The Academy shall include four classes of members, viz.: life mem- 

 bers, honorary members, corresponding members, and active members, 

 to be elected by ballot. 



1. Life members shall be elected on account of special services ren- 

 dered the Academy. Life membership in the Academy may also be 

 obtained by the payment of one hundred dollars and election by the 

 Academy. Life members shall be allowed to vote and to hold oflBce. 



2. Honorary members shall be elected by the Academy and shall be 

 men who have rendered conspicuous services to science, arts, or letters. 



3. Corresponding members shall be elected from those who have been 

 active members of the Academy, but have removed from the state. By 

 special vote of the Academy men of attainments in science or letters 

 may be elected corresponding members. They shall have no vote in 

 the meetings of the Academy. 



4. Active members shall be elected by the Academy and shall enter 

 upon membership on the payment of an initiation fee of two dollars 

 which shall include the first annual assessment of one dollar. The an- 

 nual assessment shall be omitted for the president, secretar:/, treasurer,, 

 and librarian during their term of office. 



