CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



South African Association for the 

 Advancement of Sciknce. 



[As aniouhd at the TliirtccntJi Anunal Mectiiii^ at Pretoria, 1915 A 



I.— OBJECTS. 



The objects of the Association are: — To give a stronger 

 impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific enquiry; to 

 promote tlie intercourse of societies and individuals interested in 

 Science in ditferent parts of South Africa ; to obtain a more 

 general attention to the objects of pure and applied Science, and 

 the removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which may 

 impede it'^ i)rogres^. 



jr.— MEMBERSHIP. 



(rt) All persons interested in the objects of the Association 

 are eligible for ^Membership. 



{^b) The Association shall consist of (a) Life Members, (b) 

 Ordinary Members (both of whom shall be included under the 

 term ** Members"), and (c) Temporary ^Members, elected for 

 a session, hereinafter called " Associates." 



(c) jMembers and Associates shall be elected directly by the 

 Council, but Associates may also be elected by Local Committees 

 Members may also be elected by a majority of the Members of 

 Council resident in that centre at which the n&r.t ensuing session 

 is to be held. 



{d) The Council shall have the power, by a two-thirds vote, 

 to remove the name of anyone whose Membership is no longer 

 desirable in the interests of the Association. 



IIL-PRIMLEGES OF MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES 



(a) Life ATembers shall be eligible for all offices of the 

 Association, and shall receive gratuitously all ordinary publica- 

 tions issued by the Association. 



(h) Ordinary Members shall be eligible for all offices of the 

 Association, and shall receive gratuitously all ordinary publica- 

 tions issued by the Association during the year of their admission.. 

 and during the years in which they continue to pay, zvithout inter- 

 mission, their Annual Subscription. 



(c) Associates are eligible to serve on the Reception Com- 

 mittee, but are not eligible to hold any other office, and they arc 

 not entitled to receive gratuitously the publications of the Asso- 

 ciation. 



(rf) Members may purchase from the Association (for the 

 purpose of completing their sets) any of the Annual Reports, 

 of the Association, at a price to be fixed upon by the Council. 



