CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE GEOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 



CONSTITUTION. 



Preamble. 



The Fellows of The Geological Society of America, organized under the 

 provisions of the Constitution approved at Cleveland, Ohio, August 15, 1888, 

 and adopted at Ithaca, New York, December 27, 1888, hereby ordain the 

 following revised Constitution : 



ARTICLE L— Name. 



This Society shall be known as The Geological Society of America. 



ARTICLE II. -Object. 



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

 in North America. 



ARTICLE III.— Membership. 



Section 1. The Society shall be composed of .Fellows, Correspondents, 

 and Patrons. 



Sec. 2. Fellows shall be persons who are engaged in geological work or in 

 teaching geology, and resident in North America. 



Fellows admitted without election, under the Provisional Constitution, 

 shall be designated as Original Fellows on all lists or catalogues of the 

 Society. 



Sec. 3. Correspondents shall be persons distinguished for their attain- 

 ments in geological science, and not resident in North America. 



Sec. 4. Patrons shall be persons who have bestowed important favors 

 upon the Society. 



Sec. 5. Fellows alone shall be entitled to vote or hold office in the Society. 



ARTICLE IV.— Officers. 



Sec. 1. The Officers of the Society shall consist, of a President, First and 



Second Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and six Councilors. 



These officers shall constitute an Executive Committee, which shall be 



called the Council. 



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