By-Laws. 7 
BY-LAWS. 
1. On motion, any special department of science shall be assigned to 
a curator, whose duty it shall be, with the assistance of the other mem- 
bers interested in the same department, to endeavor to advance knowl- 
edge in that particular department. Each curator shall report at such 
time and place as the Academy shall direct. These reports shall include 
a brief summary of the progress of the department during the year 
preceding the presentation of the report. 
2. The President shall deliver a public address on the morning of 
one of the days of the meeting at the expiration of his term of office. 
3. The Press Secretary shall attend to the securing of proper news- 
paper reports of the meetings and assist the Secretary. 
4. No special meeting of the Academy shall be held without a notice 
of the same having been sent to the address of each member at least 
fifteen days before such meeting. 
5. No bill against the Academy shall be paid without an order signed 
by the President and countersigned by the Secretary. 
6. 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. 
7. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business. 
8. An Editor shall be elected from year to year. His duties shall be 
to edit the annual Proceedings. No allowance shall be made to the Editor 
for clerical assistance on account of any one edition of the Proceedings 
in excess of fifty ($50) dollars, except by special action of the Executive 
Committee. (Amendment passed December 8, 1917.) 
