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(Including Amendments adopted May 12, 1899.) 



Article I. — Members. 

 Sec. I. The Washington Academy of Sciences shall comprise four 

 classes of members, as follows: Resident members^ no7i-resident 

 members^ honorary me?7ibers and patrons. 



Sec. 2. Resident and non-resident 7nembers shall be persons who 

 by reason of original research or scientific attainment are deemed 

 eligible to these classes ; they only shall be entitled to vote. Resident 

 members shall be chosen from the Affiliated Scientific Societies of 

 Washington. The annual dues of resident members shall be ten 

 dollars ; of non-resident members, five dollars. Members whose dues 

 are in arrears for more than one year shall be dropped from the roll of 

 the Academy, unless the Board of Managers shall otherwise determine. 



Sec. 3. Nominations for membership shall be endorsed by at least 

 three Members of the Academy, who shall present in writing a state- 

 ment of the qualifications of the nominee, with a list of his more im- 

 portant publications ; and such nominations shall be referred to the 

 Board of Managers for consideration. 



Sec. 4. Honorary Members shall be persons eminent in science, 

 and may be residents of any country. They shall pay no dues. 



Sec. 5. Persons who have given to the Academy not less than 

 $1,000 or its equivalent in property may be elected Patrons. 



Article II. — Officers. 



Sec. I. The officers of the Academy shall be chosen from the resi- 

 dent members, and shall be a President, one Vice-President from each 

 of the affiliated societies, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, whose terms of 

 office shall be one year, and nine Managers, grouped in three classes 

 of three each, whose terms of office shall be three years. Collectively 

 they shall constitute the Board of Managers. 



Sec. 2. The Board of Managers shall transact all business of the 

 Academy not otherwise provided for, and shall have power to fill 

 vacancies in its own membership until the next annual election. Va- 

 cancies in the office of Vice-President shall be filled on nomination by 

 the appropriate affiliated societies. 



Article III. — Meetings. 



Sec. I. The Annual Aleeting shall be held on the third Wednesday 

 of January each year. At this meeting the reports of the Secretary, 

 Treasurer, and Auditing Committee shall be presented and officers for 

 the ensuing year shall be elected. 



Sec. 2. Other meetings shall be held at such time and place as the 

 Board of Managers may determine. 



