CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 495 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



Illinois State Academy of Science 



CONSTITUTION. 



Article I. Name. 



This Society shall be known as The Illinois State Academt of 

 Science. 



Article II. Objects. 



The objects of the Academy shall be the promotion of scientific 

 research, the diffusion of scientific knowledge and scientific spirit, and 

 the unification of the scientific interests of the State. 



Article III. Members. 



The membership of the Academy shall consist of two classes as 

 follows: National Membeis and Local Members. 



National Members shall be those who are members also of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Each national 

 member, except life members of the Academy, shall pay an admission 

 fee of one dollar and an annual assessment of five dollars. 



Local Members shall be those who are members of the local Acad- 

 emy only. Each local member, except life members of the Academy, 

 shall pay an admission fee of one dollar and an annual assessment of 

 one dollar. 



Both national members and local members may be either Life 

 Members, Active Members, or Non-resident Members. 



Life Members shall be national or local members who have paid 

 fees to the Academy to the amount of twenty dollars. Life members, 

 if national members, shall pay an annual assessment of four dollars. 



Active Members shall be national or local members who reside in 

 the State of Illinois, and who have not paid as much as $20.00 in fees 

 to the Academy. 



Noti-resident Members shall be active members or life members 

 who have removed from the State of Illinois. Their duties and privi- 

 leges shall be the same as active members except that they may not 

 hold office. 



Charter Members are those who attended the organization meet- 

 ing in 1908, signed the constitution, and paid dues for that year. 



For election to any class of membership, the candidate's name 

 must be proposed by two members, be approved by a majority of the 

 committee on membership, and receive the assent of three-fourths of 

 the members voting. 



Article IV. Officers. 



The officers of the Academy shall consist of a President, a Vice- 

 President, a Librarian, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Chief of 

 the Division of State Museum of the Department of Registration and 

 Education of the state government shall be the Librarian of the Acad- 

 emy. All other officers shall be chosen by ballot on recommendation 

 of a nominating committee, at an annual meeting, and shall hold office 

 for one year or until their successors qualify. 



They shall perform the duties usually pertaining to their respec- 

 tive offices. 



