CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



NAME. 



This association shall be called the Association of American Agricultural Col- 

 leges and Experiment Stations. 



OBJECT. 



The object of this association shall be the consideration and discussion of 

 all questions pertaining to the successful progress and administration of the col- 

 leges and stations included in the association, and to secure to that end mutual 

 cooperation. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



(1) Every college established under the act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, 

 or receivii:g the benefits of the act of Congress approved August 30, 1890, and 

 every agricultural experiment station established under State or Congi-esslonal 

 authority, the Bureau of Education of the Department of the Interior, the 

 Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Experiment Stations of the last- 

 named Department, shall be eligible to membership in this association. 



(2) Any institution a member of the association in full standing may send 

 any number of delegates to the meetings of the association. The same delegate 

 may represent both a college and a station, but shall vote in only one section and 

 shall cast only one vote in general sessions. Other delegates may be designated 

 by any institution to represent it in specified divisions of the sections of the 

 association, but such delegates shall A-ote only in such divisions, and no institu- 

 tion shall be allowed more than one vote in any sectional meeting. 



(3) Delegates from other institutions engaged in educational or experimental 

 work in the interest of agriculture or mechanic arts may. by a majority vote, be 

 admitted to conventions of the association, with all privileges except the right to 

 vote. 



(4) In like mannner, any person engaged or directly interested in agriculture 

 or mechanic arts who shall attend any convention of this association may be 

 admitted to similar privileges. 



SECTIONS. 



(1) The association shall be divided Into two sections: (a) A section on 

 college work and administration, (b) a section on experiment station work. 



The section on college work and administration shall be composed of the presi- 

 dents or acting presidents of colleges and universities represented in the associa- 

 tion, or other repri'sentatives of such institutions duly and specifically accred- 

 ited to this section, and no action on public and administrative questions shall 

 Ite final without the assent of this section. 



The section on experiment station work shall be comi)osed of the directors or 

 acting directors of experiment stations represented in the association, or of other 

 representatives of such stations duly and specifically accredited to this section. 



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