A CONSTITUTIONAL ORDINANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 

 COLUMBIAN INSTITUTE FOR THE PROMOTION OF ARTS AND 

 SCIENCES. 



(Adopted October 11, 1820.) 



Article 1. The Institute shall be styled " The Columbian Institute for the 

 promotion of Arts and Sciences." 



Article 2. The Institute shall consist of five classes, viz: of mathematical 

 sciences, physical sciences, moral and political sciences, general literature, and 

 the fine arts. 



Article 3. The members composing each class shall specially charge them- 

 selves with the investigation of the objects embraced therein, and communicate 

 to the Institute, from time to time, the result of their enquiries ; but every 

 member of the Institute shall have the right of making such communications 

 as he may deem proper, on any object of art or science. 



Article 4. The Institute may be composed of resident, corresponding, and 

 honorary members. 



Article 5. Resident members shall be persons residing in the District of Co- 

 lumbia. They shall pay to the Treasurer of the Institute, five dollars, each, 

 upon their admission, and a like sum on the last Saturday in each year there- 

 after. Those who, without leave, omit, for one year, to attend a meeting of 

 the Institute, and to make the payments required by this article, shall forfeit 

 their membership. 



Article 6. Corresponding members shall be persons residing out of the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, and who may have manifested a desire for the promotion 

 of science, or the arts. To this class of members shall, also, belong those resi- 

 dent members who may remove out of the District of Columbia; provided 

 they shall acquaint the Institute with their wishes to that effect. Correspond- 

 ing members may, if they judge proper, make the same payments as resident 

 members ; and in that case, they shall be entitled to vote on all questions that 

 may be brought before the Institute at any meeting at which they may be 

 present. 



Article 7. Honorary members shall be persons distinguished for their knowl- 

 edge in any of the arts or sciences, and residing out of the District of Colum- 

 bia. No duties shall be required of them. 



Article 8. The election of new members shall be by ballot, and the concur- 

 rence of two-thirds of the members present, shall be necessary to a choice ; but 

 the election shall not take place until one month after the meeting at which the 

 candidate shall have been proposed for admission. Resident and correspond- 

 ing members can be elected only upon their own request, in writing, or upon 

 the proposition of a member, made at their instance. 



Article 9. Resident members shall, as soon as may be after their admission, 

 indicate the class to which they wish to belong. The like indication shall be 

 made by those who are now members, on or before the first Saturday in January, 

 1821. 



Article 10. Each member shall receive a diploma, or certificate of membership, 

 under the seal of the Institute, signed by the President, and attested by the 

 Secretary. 



Article 11. The officers of the Institute shall consist of a President, Vice- 

 President, Secretary, Treasurer, and five Counsellors, (one for each class) to 



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