and Executive Committee, shall constitute the council of the Academy, 

 and represent it in the transaction of any necessary business not espe- 

 cially provided for in this constitution, in the interim between general 

 meetings. 



Sec. 3. This constitution may be altered or amended at any annual 

 meeting by a three-fourths majority of the attending members of at least 

 one year's standing. No question of amendment shall be decided on the 

 day of its presentation. 



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 pre- 

 ceding 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 Pro- 



