CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



SOUTH AFRICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THF: 

 ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



[As Amended at the Third Annual Meeting at Johannesburg, 190^.'] 



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. 



(J) The Association shall consist of Permanent Members, here- 

 after called " Members," and Temporary Members, elected for a 

 session, hereafter called " Associates." 



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

 Council, or by the Managing Committee of Council. Associates 

 may also be elected by Local Committees. Membeis 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. 



{d) The Council shall have the power, by a three-fourths vote, 

 to remove the name of anyone whose Membership is no longer 

 •desirable in the interests of the Association. 



III.— PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES. 



(a) Members shall be eligible for all offices of the Association, 

 and shall receive gratuitously all ordinary publications issued 

 by the Association during the year of their admission, and during 

 the years in which they continue to pay, without intermission, their 

 Annual Subscription. 



{b) Associates are eligible to serve on the Local Reception 

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

 are not entitled to receive gratuitously the publications of the 

 Association. 



(c) 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. 



IV.— SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



(a) The Annual Subscription for Members shall be One Pound, 

 payable first at election, and thereafter on the First of July of 

 each year. After the first session* intending Members shall be 

 required to pay an Entrance Fee of One Pound in addition. 



* The first session was held in Cape Town from 27th April to 2nd May, 1903. 



