20 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 ob- 

 served, 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. Reports 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 

 without 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 for the transac- 

 tion 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 pre- 

 viously delivered to the secretary. 



