THE 



SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL 



OF SCIENCE /&WM 



COMPEISING THE REPORT OF THE 



SOUTH AFRICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 

 ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



(1921, DURBAN.) 

 Vol. XVIII. DECEMBER, 1921. Nos. 1 and 2. 



CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



SOUTH AFRICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 

 ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



[As amended at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting at Durban, 1921.] 



I. —OBJECTS. 



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

 a more systematic direction to scientific enquiry ; to promote the inter- 

 course 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. 



]L— 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 "Institutional Members." 



(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. 



(c) 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. 



Ill— PRIVILEGES OF MEMBEBS AND ASSOCIATES. 



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

 and shall receiva gratuitously all ordinary publications issued by the 

 Association. 



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