8 CONSTITUTION. 



Sec. 2. The associate members shall constitute the main 

 body of the Academy, and shall exclusively conduct its affairs, 

 elect its officers, admit its members, etc. They shall be men 

 desirous of cultivating one or more branches of Science. They 

 shall pay upon admission an initiation fee of five dollars, and a 

 semi-annual payment of three dollars so long as they continue 

 members. 



Sec. 3. Any person elected an associate member may become 

 a life member upon the payment of one hundred dollars, which 

 will exempt him from any further assessments. Life members 

 shall be entitled to all the privileges of associate members, in- 

 cluding access to the Library and Cabinet, and shall have free 

 admission to any Lecture or course of Lectures which shall at 

 any time be delivered before or under the auspices of the 

 Academy. 



Sec. 4. Corresponding members shall consist of men of 

 science, not living in the city and county of St. Louis, who shall 

 be elected such by virtue of their attainments, and of other per- 

 sons, not resident in the city of St. Louis, who may be disposed 

 to further the objects of the Academy by original researches, 

 contributions of specimens, or otherwise. 



Sec. 5. All candidates for admission into the Academy as 

 associate or corresponding members must be proposed in writing 

 by two associate members at a regular meeting, and be balloted 

 for separately at the next regular meeting thereafter. The affir- 

 mative vote of three-fourths of the members present shall be 

 necessary to elect a candidate. 



Sec. 6. All members shall have the privilege of attending the 

 regular meetings of the Academy, and shall have access to the 

 Library and Museum, with the privilege of introducing to the 

 same their families and friends. 



Sec. 7. If any associate member elect shall not pay the fee 

 of initiation within six months from the date of his election into 

 the Academy, the election shall be null and void ; and if any 

 member shall not pay the semi-annual contribution within six 

 months after he has been duly notified that the same has become 

 due, he shall cease to be a member of the Academy : provided, 

 however, that every such member who shall be absent from the 

 city or county of St. Louis for the space of six consecutive 



