CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



(As amended at the Tliird Annual Meeting of Members held at 

 Johannesburg on August the 2St]i, iQOj). 



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. 



(b) 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. 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. 



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

 of those present, 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 to serve on its Committees, 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 pur- 

 pose of completing their sets) any of the Annual Reports of the 

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



