By-Laws and Rules of Procedure 63 



BY-LAWS AND RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE 



ASSOCIATION 



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



and in force since January 3, 1920 ' ) 



Article I 



The Association is American, its field covering North, Central and South America. 

 Inhabitants of any country are eligible to membership. 



Article II 



Sectio)i 1. An incorporated scientific society or institution or a public or incorporated 

 library may become a member by vote of the Council. 



Section 2. Associates, on payment of five dollars, may he admitted to the privileges 

 of a meeting, except voting. 



Section 3. Foreign associates may be admitted without fee to the privileges of a 

 meeting, except voting. 



Section 4. Members who have paid annual dues for fifty years may be excused from 

 further payments and still retain all the prizileges of active membership. (April 14, 



1935). 



Section 5. Members may be elected by the Council to be fellows of the Association 

 and members so elected shall remain fclloivs only so long as they retain membership. 

 If a fellow discontinues his membership and subsequently rejoins the Association he 

 shall automatically again become a fclloiv from the time of rejoining, without another 

 election. Members are eligible to nomination for fellowship if they have contributed to 

 the adzanccment of science cither by the publication of original research or in other 

 significant manner. Nominations for election to fellowship may be made by any three 

 fellows, by the Permanent Secretary or by any Section Secretary, but before being sub- 

 mitted to the Council every nomination shall have been first approved by the section 

 committee in whose field the nominees' scientific zvork mainly lies. (Dec. 27, 1929). 



Section 6. The Council may exclude from the Association any one who has made 

 improper use of his membership or whose membership is regarded as detrimental to the 

 Association. 



Article III 



Section 1. The Permanent Secretary, the General Secretary, the Permanent Chair- 

 man of the Finance Committee, the Treasurer of the Association and the Secretaries of 

 the Sections shall be elected at the larger convocation week meetings held once in four 

 years beginning the last week of the year 1916. Vacancies in these offices shall be filled 

 by the Council. 



Section 2. The President of the Association shall give an address at a general session 

 of the Association at the annual meeting following that over which he presided. 



Section 3. The Vice-Presidents shall hold seniority in the order of their continuous 

 membership in the Association. 



Section 4. The Permanent Secretary shall attend to the business of the Association, 

 the arrangements for the meetings and such other matters as the Council may designate. 

 He may employ, with the approval of the Council, an Assistant Secretary. The salary 

 of the Permanent Secretary shall be determined by the Council. 



1 There have been several minor amendments to the By-Laws since 1920. The parts that have been 

 amended are printed, as amended, in italics followed by the dates of the amendments in parentheses. 



