Constitution of the Iowa Academy of Sciences. 



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

 Sciences. 



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

 scientific work in the state of Iowa. 



Sec. 3. The membership of the Academyshall 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 treas- 

 urer, shall be dropped from the academy roll. 



Sec. 5. {a) The officers of the academy shall be a president, two vice- 

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

 Their duties shall be such as ordinarily devolve upon these officers, (d) 

 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 of these powers, except the election of 

 members of the council, to an executive committee, consisting of the oflBcers 

 and of three other fellows to be elected by the council. 



Sec. 6. 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. 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. 



Sec. 8. The secretary shall each year publish the proceedings of the 



academy in pamphlet (octavo) form, giving author's abstract of papers, 



and if published elsewhere, a reference to the place and date of publication; 



also the full text of such papers as may be designated by the council. If 



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