By-Laws 



1. On motion, any special department of science sliall be assigned to 

 a curator, whose duty it shall he, with the assistance of the other members 

 interested in the same department, to endeavor to advance knowledge 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 newspaper 

 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. 



AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORTS 

 AND PAPERS OF THE INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



(Approved March 11, 1895.) 



Whereas, The Indiana Academy of Science, a chartered scientific 

 association, has embodied in its constitution a provision that it will, upon the 

 request of the Governor, or of the several departments of the State govern- 

 ment, through the Governor, and through its council as an advisory board, 

 assist in the direction and execution of any investigation within its province 

 without pecuniary gain to the Academy, provided only that the necessary 

 expenses of such investigation are borne by the State; and. 



Whereas, The reports of the meetings of said Academy, with the several 

 papers read before it, have very great educational, industrial and economic 

 value, and should ])e preserved in permanent form; and, 



Whereas, The Constitution of the State makes it the duty of the General 

 Assembly to encourage by all suitable means intellectual, scientific and 

 agricultural improvement; therefore, 



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