6 IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBERS . 



Barbour, E. H State University, Lincoln, Nebi'aska 



Bessey, C. E State University, Lincoln, Nebraska 



Gillette, C. P Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado 



Halsted, B. D Rutgers College, New Brunswick New Jersey 



Mally, F. W Department Agriculture, Washington D. C. 



McGee, W.J United States Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. 



Parker, H. W New York City, New York 



WiNSLow, Arthur Geological Survey, Jefferson Citj, Missouri 



CONSTITUTION. 



Section I. This organization shall be known as the Iowa Academy of Sciences. 



Sec. II. The object of the Academy shall be the encouragement of scientific 

 work in the State of Iowa. ' 



Sec. III. The membership of the Academy shall consist of (1) Fellows, who 

 shall be elected from residents of the state of Iowa actively engaged in scientific 

 work, of (2) Associate members of the State of Iowa interested in the progress of 

 science but not direct contributors to original research, and, (3) Corresponding 

 Fellows, to be elected by vote from original workers in science in other states; 

 also, any Fellow removing to another State from this may be classed as a Corres- 

 ponding Fellow. Nomination by the council and assent of three-fourths of the 

 Fellows present at any annual meeting shall be necessary to election. 



Sec. IV. An entrance fee of three dollars shall be required of each Fellow, and 

 an annual fee of one dollar, due at each annual meeting after his election. 

 Fellows in arrears for two years and failing to respond to notification from the 

 secretary-treasurer shall be dropped from the Academy roll. 



Sec. V. («) The officers of the Academy shall be President, two Vice-Presi- 

 dents and a Secretary-treasurer, to be elected at the annual meeting. Their duties 

 shall be such as ordinarily devolve upon these officers. 



{b) The charter members of the Academy shall constitute the Council, together 

 with such other Fellows as may be elected at an annual meeting of the council by 

 it as members thereof, provided, that at any such election two or more negative 

 votes shall constitute a rejection of the candidate. 



(c) The council shall have power to nominate Fellows to elect members of the 

 council, fix time and place of meetings, to select papers for publication in the pro- 

 ceedings, and have control of all meetings not provided for in general session. It 

 may by vote delegate any or all these powers, except the election of members of the 

 council to an executive committee, consisting of the officers and of three other Fel- 

 lows, to be elected by the council. 



Sec. VI. The Academy shall hold an annual meeting in Des Moines during the 

 week that the State Teachers' Association is in session. Other meetings may be 

 called by the council at times and places deemed advisable. 



Sec. VII. All papers presented shall be the result of original investigation, but 

 the council may arrange for public lectures or addresses upon scientific subjects. 



