Constitution of the Iowa Academy of Sciences. 



Section. 1. This organization shall be known as the Iowa Academy of 

 Sciences. 



Sec. 2. The object of the Academy shall be the encouragement of sci- 

 entific work in the state of Iowa. 



Sec. 3. 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 corresponding fellow. Nomination by the council 

 and assent of three-fourths of the fellows present at any annual meeting 

 shall be necessary to election. 



Sec. 4. An entrance fee of $3 shall be required of each fellow, and an 

 annual fee of $1, 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. 5. (a) The officers of the academy shall be a president, two vice- 

 presidents and a secretary-treasurer, to be elected at the annual meeting. 

 Their duties shall be such as oi'dinarily 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 proceed- 

 ings, 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 fellows, to be elected by the council. 



Sec. 6. The academy shall hold an annual meeting in Des Moines dur- 

 ing 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. 7. All papers presented shall be the result of original investiga- 

 tion, but the council may arrange for public lectures or addresses on scien- 

 tific subjects. 



