Constitution of the Association 6i 



THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION 



(Adopted at the Third St. Louis Meeting, December 29, 1919, to January 3, 1920 ') 



Article i — Objects 



The objects of the Association are to promote intercourse among those who are cul- 

 tivating science in different parts of America, to cooperate with other scientific societies 

 and institutions, to give a stronger and more general impulse and more systematic direc- 

 tion to scientific research, and to procure for the labors of scientific men increased 

 facilities and a wider usefulness. 



Article 2 — Membership 



Persons willing to cooperate in the work of the Association may be elected to be 

 members by the Council. Members who are professionally engaged in scientific work or 

 who have advanced science by research may be elected to be fellows. The Council shall 

 fix the admission fees and dues (Dec. 27, 1934). A member who pays at one time the 

 sum of one hundred dollars to the Association becomes a life member and is exempt 

 from further dues. A person who gives one thousand dollars to the Association may be 

 elected to be a sustaining member and is exempt from further dues. 



Article 3— Officers 



The officers of the Association shall be elected by ballot by the Council, and shall 

 consist of a President, a Vice President from each section, a Permanent Secretary, a 

 General Secretary, a Treasurer and a Secretary of each Section. The President and the 

 Vice Presidents shall be elected for one year, the other officers for four years. The 

 officers shall perform the usual duties of these offices, under the direction of the Council. 



Article 4 — Council 



The Council shall consist of the President, the Vice Presidents, the Permanent Secre- 

 tary, the General Secretary, the Secretaries of the Sections, and the Treasurer, the 

 members of the Executive Committee, ex officio, if they arc not otherwise members of 

 the Council (Dec. 27, 1923), of one fellow elected by each division, affiliated state acad- 

 emy, and (Dec. 27, 1932) affiliated society, and one additional fellow from each affiliated 

 society having more than 100 members who are fellows of the Association, and of eight 

 fellows, two elected annually by the Council for a term of four years. There shall be 

 an Executive Committee of the Council, consisting of the President, the Permanent 

 Secretary, the General Secretary, and eight members elected by the Council, two an- 

 nually for a term of four years, who shall be ex officio members of the Council. The 

 Council may appoint standing or temporary committees to make reports, to assist in the 

 conduct of the work of the Association and to promote its objects. 



Article 5 — Sections 



The Association shall be divided into the following Sections : A, Mathematics ; B, 

 Physics ; C, Chemistry ; D, Astronomy ; E, Geology and Geography ; F, Zoological 



1 There have been several minor amendments to the Constitution since iq2o. The parts that have 

 been amended are printed, as amended, in italics followed by the dates of the amendments in paren- 

 theses. 



