MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



ARTICLE V: Voting and Elections. 



1. All elections shall be by ballot. To elect a Resident Member, Corre- 

 sponding Member, Honorary Member or Patron or impose any special tax 

 shall require the assent of three-fourths of all Resident Members voting. 



2. Any member may be expelled by a vote of nine-tenths of all members 

 voting, provided notice that such a movement is contemplated be given at a 

 meeting of the Academy three months previous to such action. 



3. Election of Members. Nominations for Resident membership shall 

 be made by two Resident Members, according to a form to be provided by 

 the Council. One of these Resident Members must be personally acciuainted 

 with the nominee and his qualifications for membership. The Council shall 

 submit the nominations received by them, if approved, to a vote of the Acad- 

 emy at a regular meeting. 



4. Election of Officers. Nominations for ofhce shall be made by the 

 Council as provided in the By-Laws. The nominations shall be submitted 

 to a vote of the Academy at its winter [annual] meeting. The officers thus 

 elected shall enter upon duty at the adjournment of the meeting. 



5. At the meeting in which this Constitution is adopted the officers for the 

 ensuing year shall be elected in such manner as the Academy may determine. 



ARTICLE VI: Meetings. 



1. The Academy shall hold at least two stated meetings a year — a Summer 

 [or Field] Meeting, and a Winter [or Annual] Meeting. The date and place of 

 each meeting shall be fixed by the Council, and announced by circular at 

 least three months before the meeting. The programme of each meeting 

 shall be determined by the Council, and announced beforehand, in its gen- 

 eral features. The details of the daily sessions shall also be arranged by the 

 Council. 



2. All members must forward to the Secretary, if possible, before the con- 

 vening of the Academy, full title of all papers whicli they propose to present 

 during the meeting, with a statement of the time that each will occupy in de- 

 livery and a brief abstract of their contents. From the abstracts thus pre- 

 sented, the Council will determine the fitness of the paper for the programme. 



3. This section stricken out April 1, 1898. 



4. Special Meeting of the Academy may be called by the Council, and 

 must be called upon the written request of twenty Resident Members. 



5. Stated Meetings of the Council shall be held coincidently with 

 the stated meetings of the Academy. Special meetings of the Council may 

 be called by the President at such times as he may deem necessary. 



6. Quorum. At meetings of the Academy a majority of those registered in 

 attendance shall constitute a quorum. Four members shall constitute a 

 c^uorum of the council. 



ARTICLE VII: Publications. 



The publications of the Academy shall be under the immediate control 

 of the Council, but the Council shall accord to each author the right, under 

 proper restrictions, to publish through whatever channel he may choose. 



