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beciniie Ihhioimiv t'ellows. Honorary I'ellovvs may be elected on aecount of special 

 prominence in science, on the written reconiruendation of two members of the 

 Academy. In any case a three-fonrths vote of the members jjresent shall elect. 



ARTICLE III. 



Section 1. The othcers of this Academy shall l>e chosen l)y ballot at the 

 annnal meeting, and shall hold othce one year. They shall consist of a president, 

 vice-president, secretary, assistant secretary, and treasnrer, who shall perform 

 the dnties nsnally pertaining to their respective otttces, 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. 



Sec. 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. The past 

 j)resi(lents, together with the othcers and executive committee, shall constitute the 

 Council of the Academy, and rei)resent it in the transaction of any necessary 

 business not specially i)rovided for in this constitution, in the interim between 

 general meetings. 



Sec. :>. This constitution may be altered or amended at any annual meeting 

 by a three-fourths majority of attending members of at least one year's standing. 

 No (juestion of amendment shall be decided on the day of its presentation. 



BY-LAAVS. 



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

 tor, whose duty it shall be, with the assistance of the other members interested in 

 the same department, to endeavor to advance knowledge in that particular de- 

 partment. 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 preceding the presentation of the report. 



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

 days of the njeeting at the expiration of his term of othce. 



3. No 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 fifteen 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 who shall allow their dues to remain unpaid for two years, hav- 

 ing l)een annually notified of their arrearage by the treasurer, shall have their 

 names stricken from the roll. 



(). Ten members shall constitute a (luorum for the trannHtion of Ijusine.'-s. 



