PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



CONSTITUTION. 



Article I. — Name. 

 This Society shall be called The American Geological Society. 



Article II. — Object. 



The object of this Society shall be the promotion of the science of Geology 

 in North America. 



Article III. — Fellows. 



1. The original Fellows shall be working Geologists and Teachers of 

 Geology who are now members of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, who signify their acceptance of Fellowship and pay 

 the required fee before January 1, 1889. 



2. Subsequently to January 1, 1889, all working Geologists and Teachers 

 of Geology in North America will be eligible to Fellowship, and will become 

 Fellows on signifying their acceptance of election and paying the required 

 fee within three months after notice of election. 



3. Election to Fellowship shall be effected by means of correspondence; 

 and an affirmative vote of three-fourths of all Fellows voting shall be 

 necessary to constitute an election. 



Article IV. — Officers. 



1. The officers of the Society shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, 

 a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who, with three Fellows, shall form an 

 Executive Council. 



2. These shall be chosen annually by the Society at large. 



3. The duties of these officers shall be those usually performed by officers 

 thus named in scientific societies. 



4. No Fellow shall hold the office of President or Vice-President for more 

 than two years in succession. 



5. The Executive Council shall determine the manner and material of all 

 the publications, and shall have the responsible control of all tin Society's 

 work and property, except in so far as otherwise determined by this Con- 

 stitution \ they shall consider all nominations to Fellowship, and their ap- 



