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THE 



SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL 

 OF SCIENCE, 



COMPRISING THE REPORT OF THE 



South African Association for the 

 Advancement of Science. 



(1920, BULAWAYO.) 

 VOL. XVII. NOVEMBER, 1920. No. 1. 



CONSTITUTION 



OF TH1-: 



South African Association for the 

 Advancement of Science 



[As atiip/ided at the Ui///itfent/t Annual Mcefinj/ at Bulawaijo, 1920], 



I.— OBJECTS. 



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

 more systematic direction to scientific enquiry : to promote the intercourse 

 of societies and individuals interested in Science in different 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 its progress. 



II.— MEMBERSHIP. 



(a) All persons interested in the objects of the Association are eligible 

 for Membership. 



(6) Institutions, Societies, Government Departments and Public Bodies 

 are eligible as " Instituti<3nal Aleinbers.*' 



(c) The Association shall consist of (a) Life Members, (b) Ordinary 

 Members (both of whom shall be included under the term " Members "[, 

 (c) Institutional Members, and (d) Temporary [Members, elected for a session, 

 hereinafter called "Associates." 



(d) Members, Institutional Members, 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 next ensuing session is to be 

 held. 



(e) The Council shall have the power, by a two-thirds vote, to remove 

 the name of a member of any class whose Membership is no longer desirable 

 in the interests of the Association. 



III.— PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES. 



(n) Life Members shall be eligible for all offices of the Association, and 

 shall receive gratuitously all ordinary publications issued by the Association. 



