24 Kansas Academy of Science. 



CONSTITUTION. 



Section 1. This association shall be called the Kansas 

 Academy of Science. 



Sec. 2. The objects of this Academy shall be to increase 

 and diffuse knowledge in the various departments of science. 



Sec. 3. Members of this Academy shall consist of two 

 classes, active and honorary (including associate). Active 

 members may be annual or life members. Annual members 

 may be elected at any meeting of the Academy, and shall 

 sign the constitution and pay a fee of one dollar and annual 

 dues of one dollar; but the secretary and treasurer shall be 

 exempt from the payment of dues during the years of their 

 service. Any person who shall at one time contribute twenty 

 dollars to the funds of this Academy may be elected a life 

 member of the Academy, free of assessment. Any member 

 who has paid dues to the Academy for ten consecutive years, 

 or who has been legally exempt during any portion of that 

 time, may be elected a life member on the payment of ten 

 dollars. Any member who has been a member of this Acad- 

 emy in good standing for twenty years may be elected a life 

 member without payment of further fees or dues. Honorary 

 members may be elected on account of special prominence in 

 science, on the written recommendation of two members of 

 the Academy. In any case, a two-thirds vote of members 

 present shall elect to membership. Applications for member- 

 ship in any of the foregoing classes shall be referred to a 

 committee on applications for membership, who shall consider 

 such application and report to the Academy before the elec- 

 tion. 



Sec. 4. The officers of this Academy shall be chosen by 

 ballot at the annual meeting, and shall consist of a president, 

 two vice-presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer, who shall 

 perform the duties usually pertaining to their respective of- 

 fices. The president, secretary and treasurer shall constitute 

 an executive committee. The secretary shall have charge of 

 all the books, collections and material property belonging to 

 the Academy. 



