Kansas Academy of Science. 



BY-LAWS. 



I. The first hour, or such part thereof as shall be necessary, in each 

 session, shall be set aside for the transaction of the business of the 

 Academy. The following order of business shall be observed, as far as 

 practicable : 



1. Opening. 



2. Reports of officers. 



3. Reports of standing committees. 



4. Appointment of special committees. 



5. Unfinished business. 

 ^ 6. New business. 



7. Repoi-ts of special committees. 



8. Election of officers. 



9. Election of members. 



10. Program. 



11. Adjournment. 



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

 of the days of the meeting, at the expiration of his term of office. 



III. No meeting of this Academy shall be held without a notice of 

 the same having been published in the papers of the state at least thirty 

 days previous. 



IV. No bill against the Academy shall be paid by the treasurer with- 

 out an order signed by the president and secretary. 



V. Members who shall allow their dues to remain unpaid for two 

 years, having been annually notified of their arrearage by the treasurer, 

 shall have their names stricken from the roll. 



VI. The secretary shall have charge of the distribution, sale and 

 exchange of the published Transactions of the Academy, under such 

 restrictions as may be imposed by the executive committee. 



VII. Eight members shall constitute a quorum lor the transaction 

 of business. 



VIII. The time allotted to the presentation of a single paper shall 

 not exceed fifteen minutes. 



IX. No paper shall be entitled to a place on the program unless the 

 manuscript, or an abstract of the same, shall have been previously 

 delivered to the secretary. 



