CONSTITUTION. 



CONSTITUTION 



OF 



THE MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



ARTICLE I. 



This Society shall be known as ''The Michigan Academy of Science/-' 



ARTICLE II : Objects. 



The objects of this Academ}^ shall be scientific research and the diffu- 

 sion of knowledge concerning- the various departments of science. 



ARTICLE III: Membership. 



The Academy shall be composed of Resident Memlters, Corresponding' 

 Members, Honorary Members and Patrons. 



1. Resident Members shall be persons who are interested in scientific 

 work and resident in the State of Michigan. 



2. Corresponding Members shall be persons interested in science, 

 and not resident in the State of Michigan. 



3. Honorary Members shall be persons distinguished for their attain- 

 ments in science, and not resident in the State of Michigan, and shall 

 not exceed twenty-five in number. 



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

 the Academy, as defined in Chapter I. Paragraph 4 of the By-Laws. 



5. Resident Members alone shall be entitled to vote and hold office in 

 the Academy. 



ARTICLE IV: Officers. 



1. The officers of the Academy shall consist of a President, a Vice- 

 President of each Section that mav be organized, a Secretarv. and a 

 Treasurer. 



These officers and all past presidents shall constitute an Executive 

 Committee, which shall be called the Council. 



2. The President shall discharge the usual duties of a presiding offi- 

 cer at all meetings of the Academy, and of the Council. He shall take 

 cognizance of the acts of the Academy and of its officers, and cause the 

 provisions of the Constitution and By-Laws to be faithfully carried into 

 effect. He shall also give an address to the Academy at the closing meet- 

 ing of the year for which he is elected. 



