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ARTICLE III. 



Section- 1. The officers of this Academy shall be chosen by ballot at the 

 annual meeting, and shall hold office one year. Thej' shall consist of a 

 president, vice president, secretary, assistant secretary, and treasurer, who 

 shall perform the duties usually pertaining to their respective offices, and 

 in addition, with the ex-presidents of the Academy, shall constitute an 

 executive committee. The president shall, at each annual meeting, appoint 

 two members to be a committee which shall prepare the programmes and 

 have charge of the arrangements for all meetings for one year. 



Sfx. 2. The annual meeting of this Academy shall be held in the city 

 of Indianapolis, within the week following Christmas of each year, unless 

 otherwise ordered by the executive committee. There shall also be a 

 summer meeting at such time and place as may be decided upon by the 

 executive committee. Other meetings may be called at the discretion of 

 the executive committee. 



Sec. 3. This constitution may be altered or amended at any annual 

 meeting by a threee-fo-urths majority of attending members of at least 

 one year's standing. No question of amendment shall be decided on the 

 day of its presentation. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. On motion, any special department of science shall be assigned to 

 a curator, whose duty it shall be, with the assistance of the other mem- 

 bers interested in the same department, to endeavor to advance knowl- 

 edge in that particular department. Each curator shall report at such 

 time and place as the Academy shall direct. These reports shall include 

 a brief summary of the progress of the department during the year pre- 

 ceding the presentation of the report. 



2. The president shall deliver a public address on the evening of one of 

 the days of the meeting at the expiration of his term of office. 



o. Xo special meeting of the Academy shall be held without a notice 

 of the same having been sent to the address of each member at least fif- 

 teen days before such meeting. 



4. No bill against the Academy shall be paid without an order signed 

 by the president and countersigned by the secretary. 



5. Members w'ho shall allow their dues to remain unpaid for two years, 

 having been annually notified of their arrearage by the treasurer, shall 

 have their names stricken from the roll. 



6. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 

 ness. 



