CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 337 
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS* 
Illinois State Academy of Science 
CONSTITUTION 
Articte I, NAME 
This Society shall be known as THE ILLINoIs STATE 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, MeEemsBers 
The membership of the Academy shall consist of Active Members, 
Non-resident Members, and Life Members. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
ArTIcLE IV. OFFICERS 
The officers of the Academy shall consist of a President, a Vice-Presi- 
dent, 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 Academy. 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 suc- 
cessors qualify. 
ees shall perform the duties usually pertaining to their respective 
offices. 
It shall be one of the duties of the President to prepare an address 
which shall be delivered before the Academy at the annual meeting at 
which his term of office expires. 
The Librarian shall have charge of all the books, collections, and ma- 
terial property belonging to the Academy. 
ARTICLE V. CouNCcIL 
The Council shall consist of the President, Vice-President, Sec- 
retary, Treasurer, and the president of the preceding year. To the 
Council shall be entrusted the management of the affairs of the Academy 
during the intervals between regular meetings. 
ArticLe VI, Stanpinc CoMMITTEES 
The Standing Committees of the Academy shall be a Committee on Pub- 
lication and a Committee on Membership and such other committees as the 
Academy shall from time to time deem desirable. 
