CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



South African Association for the 

 Advancement of Science. 



[As Amended at the Ninth Annual Meeting at Bulawayo, 1911]. 



{Words proposed by the Tenth Annual Meeting at Port 

 Elisabeth to be omitted are printed in italies and placed bchveen 

 square brackets. Words proposed to be added are printed in 

 Capitals. 



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 (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) 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. 



(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. 



III.— PRIVILEGES OF .MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES. 



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

 Association, and shall receive gratuitously all ordinary publica- 

 tions issued by the Association. 



i b ) Ordinary Members shall be eligible for all offices of the 

 Association, and shall receive gratuitously all ordinary publica- 

 tion^ issued by the Association during the year of their admission, 

 and during the years in which they continue to pay, without inter- 

 mission, their Annual Subscription. 



