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CHArTP:R HI: Election of Members. 



1. Noininatioiis for Resident Membership may be proposed at any 

 time on blanks to be sup])lied by the Secretary. 



2. The form for tlie nomination of Resident Members shall be as 

 follows: 



In aecordanco with his (h'siro, we respectfully nominate for Resident Member of the 

 Michifran Academy of Science 

 (Full name) 

 (Address) 

 (Occupation) 



(Branch of Science interested in. work already done, and pid)lications if any) 

 (Signed by at least two Resident Members) 



The form when filled is to be transmitted to the Secretary. 



3. The Secretary shall brinji: all nominations before the Council at 

 either the winter [Annual] or summer [Field] meeting- of the Academy, 

 and the Council shall signify its approyal or disapproyal of each. 



4. At the same or the next stated meeting of the Academy, the Sec- 

 retary shall i^i't'sent the list of candidates to the Academy for election. 



5. , Corresponding Members, Honorary Members, and Patrons shall be 

 nominated by the Council, and shall be elected in the same manner as 

 Resident Members. 



CHAPTER IV: Election op Officers. 



Section 1. At the Annual Meeting the election of officers shall take 

 place, and the officers elected shall enter on their duties at the end of 

 the meeting. 



Section 2. The Council shall nominate a candidate for each office, but 

 each Section may recommend to the Council a candidate for its Vice- 

 President. Additional nominations may be made by any member of the 

 Academy. All elections shall be made by ballot. 



Section 3. Repealed. 



Section 4. Repealed. 



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CHAPTER V: Financial Methods. 



1. No pecuniary obligation shall be contracted without express sanc- 

 tion of the Academy or the Council. ]5ut it is to be understood that all 

 ordinary, incidental and running expenses have the permanent sanction 

 of the Academy, without special action. 



2. The creditor of the Academy must present to the Treasurer a fully 

 itemized bill, eertiped by the official ordering it, and approved by the 

 President. The Treasurer shall then pay the amount out of any funds 

 not otherwise appropriated, and the receipted bill shall be held as his 

 voucher. 



3. At each annual meeting, the President shall call upon the Acad- 

 emy to choose two members, not members of the Council, to whom shall 

 be referred the books of the Treasurer, duly posted and balanced to the 

 first day of the Annual Meeting, as specified in the By-Laws, Chapter II, 

 Paragia])h 4. These Atditors shall examine the accounts and vouchers 

 of the Treasurer, and any member or members of the Council may be 



