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January 2d, 1878. — Special Meeting. 



Rev. S. S. Hunting, President, in the chair. 



Twenty members present. 



The President stated that bj order of the Trustees he had 

 called this special meeting of the Academy, to consider and act 

 upon certain proposed amendments to the articles of incor- 

 poration. 



Mr. Chas. E. Putnam presented the following resolutions : 



Besolved, That Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation of the 

 Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences be amended so as to read as 

 follows, viz : 



Article IV. The business affairs of the Academy shall be managed 

 by a Board of twelve (12) Trustees, who shall be elected at the first reg- 

 ular meeting after the adoption of this Article, four (4) to serve one (1) 

 year ; four (4) to serve two (2) years, and four (4) to serve three (;j) years, 

 and at every annual election thereafter four (4) Trustees to serve three (3) 

 years. The President, Treasurer and Recording Secretary of the Acad- 

 emy shall be ex-officio members of the Board of Trustees, and entitled to 

 vote ; and a majority of said Trustees (including the officers above 

 named) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The 

 officers of the Academy shall consist of a President, two (2) Vice-Presi- 

 dents, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, a 

 Librarian, and a Curator. The Officers and Trustees must be residents 

 of Scott county, Iowa, and shall be elected by ballot at the annual 

 meeting on the first Wednesday in January in each year, or if the annual 

 meeting is not so held, at any subsequent meeting, of which at least two 

 (2) weeks notice shall be given in a newspaper, published in the city of 

 Davenport. Each Trustee or officer must receive a majority of the votes 

 cast, only one being elected at each balloting. The membership of the 

 Academy shall consist of regular, corresponding, and honorary members. 

 The right of voting and holding office shall be confined solely to regular 

 members, but corresponding and honorary members shall be entitled to 

 all other privileges. In case of a vacancy caused by the death, removal 

 or resignation of any officer or Trustee, an election to fill the vacancy 

 shall be held at the next regular meeting after the announcement 

 thereof. The President of the Academy shall also be President of the 

 Board of Trustees, and preside at its meetings, and the election of any 

 Trustee as President, Recording Secretary, or Treasurer, shall cause a 

 vacancy." 



Besolced, That Article VII of the Articles of Incorporation be 

 amended so as to read as follows, viz : 



" Article VII. These Articles of Incorporation may be altered or 

 amended at any regular meeting of the Academy by a vote of two-thirds 

 of the members present, provided, the proposed ameudments have been 



