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also be a simnmn- iuee'tiiig at such time and place as may be decided 

 upon by the Executive Committee. Other meetings may be called at 

 the discretion of the Executive Committee. The past Presidents, together 

 with the officers and Executive Committee, shall constitute the Council 

 of the Academy, and represent it in the transaction of any necessary 

 business not specially 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 

 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 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. 



