6 CONSTITUTION. 



Article 3. — All Corresponding and Honorary Members 

 shall be elected by ballot, and two-thirds of the votes of 

 the members present shall be necessary to an election. 

 Any resident of Cleveland or its vicinity may become Resi- 

 dent Members by subscribing this Constitution and paying 

 an initiation fee of one dollar. 



Article 4, — None but Resident Members shall be entitled 

 to vote or be eligible to any office in the Society, 



Article 5, — The officers of this society shall consist of a 

 President, three Vice Presidents, a Corresponding Secre- 

 tary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer and eight Curators, 

 who shall be chosen annually, on the third Tuesday of 

 November in each year, (except as stated in Article 6th,) 

 the person having the greatest number of votes shall be 

 declared duly elected. 



The President, Vice Presidents and Curators shall be 

 ex-officio Trustees of this Academy. The Treasurer shall 

 give security to the satisfaction of the Trustees for the 

 faithful discharge of the duties of his office. 



Article 6, — Professors Jared P, Kirtland, J. Lang Cas- 

 sells and Samuel St, John shall be Trustees for life of this 

 Academy. 



Article 7. — The rooms of this Academy shall be open at 

 all proper times, under the direction of the Curators, for 

 the inspection and study of the specimens by the public. 



Article 8. — Five members at a stated meeting shall form 

 a quorum, and ten at a special meeting. 



Article 9, — By-Laws, for the further regulation of the 

 society, may be made from time to time. 



Article 10. — No alteration shall be made in this Consti- 

 tution, unless by a vote of a majority of all the Resident 

 Members present, at a meeting called for that purpose. 



