292 ILLINOIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



BY-LAWS 



I. The following shall be the regular order of business : 



1. Call to order. 



2. Reports of officers. 



3. Reports of standing committees. 



4. Election of members. 



5. Reports of special committees. 



6. Appointment of special committees. 



7. Unfinished business. 



8. New business. 



9. Election of officers. 

 10. Program. 



Adjournment. 



II. No meeting of the Academy shall be held without thirty days' 

 previous notice being sent by the Secretary to all members. 



III. Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum of the Academy. A 

 majority of the Council shall constitute a quorum of the Council. 



IV. No bill against the Academy shall be paid without an order 

 signed by the President and Secretary. 



V. Members who shall allow their dues to remain unpaid for three 

 years, having been annually notified of their arrearage by the Treasurer, 

 shall have their names stricken from the roll. 



VI. The Librarian shall have charge of the distribution, sale, and 

 exchange of the published transactions of the Academy, under such re- 

 strictions as may be imposed by the Council. 



VII. The presiding officer shall at each annual meeting appoint a 

 committee of three who shall examine and report in writing upon the 

 account of the Treasurer. 



VIII. No paper shall be entitled to a place on the program imless the 

 manuscript or an abstract of the same shall have been previously deliv- 

 ered to the Secretary. Papers presented in ahsentia, shall be read by 

 title only, unless the Academy votes to hear them. 



IX. The Secretary and Treasurer shall have their expenses paid from 

 the Treasury of the Academy while attending coimcil meetings and 

 annual meetings. Other members of th council may have their expenses 

 paid while attending meetings of the council, other than those in con- 

 nection with annual meetings. 



X. These by-laws may be suspended by a three-fourths vote of the 

 members present at any regtdar meeting. 



