CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 111 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



Illinois Academy of Science 



CONSTITUTION 



Article I. Name 

 This Society shall be known as The Illinois Academy 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 unifi- 

 cation of the scientific interests of the State. 



Article III. Members 



The membership of the Academy shall consist of Active Members, 

 Non-resident Members, Corresponding Members, Life Members and Hon- 

 orary Memhers. 



Active Members shall be persons who are interested in scientific work 

 and are residents of the State of Illinois. Each active member shall pay 

 an initiation fee of one dollar and an annual assessment of one dollar. 



Non-resident Members shall be persons who have been members of 

 the Academy but have removed from the State. Their duties and privileges 

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

 hold office. 



Corresponding Members shall be such persons actively engaged in 

 scientific research as shall be chosen by the Academy, their duties and 

 privileges to be the same as those of active members, except that they may 

 not hold office and shall be free from all dues. 



Life Members shall be active or non-resident members who have paid 

 fees to the amount of twenty dollars. They shall be free from further 

 annual dues. 



Honorary Members shall be persons who have rendered distinguished 

 service to science and who are not residents of the State of Illinois. The 

 number shall not exceed twenty at one time. They shall be free from 

 all dues. 



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. 



All workers in science present at the organization meeting who sign 

 the constitution, upon payment of their initiation fee and their annual dues 

 for 1908 become charter members. 



