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committee be discharged and that a new committee of five be 
appointed. The President appointed the following: Herbert 
Osborn, Chairman; T. C. Mendenhall, M. M. Metcalf, E. L. 
Rice, L. B. Walton. 
Report of the Committee on Codification of the Constitution 
The following report of the Committee on Codification of the 
Constitution, presented by Prof. Blake, was discussed at some 
length in both business sessions and finally laid upon the table 
by vote of the Academy. 
May 30, 1918. 
To the Ohio Academy of Science: 
Two matters were referred to this committee—the codification of 
the Constitution and By-Laws and the question of lengthening the 
term of office of the President and Secretary. The term of office of 
the Treasurer was not specifically mentioned, but should be logically 
included with the others. 
One member of the committee, Professor Carney, has been out of 
the State so much of the time that he has been practically unavailable; 
the remaining members, neither of whom was able to attend the last 
annual meeting, are somewhat in doubt concerning the intention of 
the Academy as to ‘‘codification,’’ and are in decided disagreement 
concerning the question of the term of office. 
Interpreting ‘‘codification” in the narrow sense, and not as the 
equivalent of general revision, the committee begs to report that the 
Secretary has a record of all amendments which have been passed, 
and that the preparation of the Constitution and By-Laws for the 
press will be a simple clerical matter when the Executive Committee 
is ready to proceed with the printing. 
Considering the term of office of President, Secretary and Treasurer, 
the committee, while unable to present a definite recommendation, 
offers the following suggestions: 
1. Term of Office of President—One member of the committee 
favors the lengthening of the term to three years, for the following 
reasons: The Ohio Academy bears the same relation to the State 
Government that the National Academy of Science does to the Federal 
Government. For the period of the war and especially for the recon- 
struction period after the war it would seem that longer terms of office 
than at present would give the opportunity for some real constructive 
work of immense and permanent value. The other member feels that 
it is wiser to retain the present one year term, particularly in view of the 
fact that the President is expected to present the annual address. 
The change to the longer term would necessitate the preparation of 
three consecutive addresses by the same man would leave the 
Academy without a presidential address in two out of every three years. 
A third alternative would be the abolition of the address—a result 
equally objectionable with the others. . 
