338 ILLINOIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 
The Committee on Publication shall consist of the President, the 
Librarian, and a third member chosen annually by the Academy. 
The Committee on Membership shall consist of five members chosen 
annually by the Academy. 
ArticLeE VII. MEETINGS 
The regular meetings of the Academy shall be held at such time and 
place as the Council may designate. Special meetings may be called by the 
Council and shall be called upon written request of twenty members. 
Articte VIII. Pusiication 
The regular publications of the Academy shall include the transactions 
of the Academy and such papers as are deemed suitable by the Com- 
mittee on Publication. 
All members shall receive gratis the current issues of the Academy. 
ArTICLE IX. AFFILIATION 
The Academy may enter into such relations of affiliation with other 
organizations of appropriate character as may be recommended by the 
Council and be ordered by a three-fourths vote of the members present at 
any regular meeting. 
ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS 
This constitution may be amended by a three-fourths vote of the mem- 
bership present at an annual meeting, provided that notice of the desired 
change has been sent by the Secretary to all members at last twenty days 
before such meeting. 
BY-LAWS 
[. The following shall be the regular order of business: 
Call to order. 
Reports of officers. 
Reports of standing committees. 
Election of members. 
Reports of special committees. 
Appointment of special commitees. 
Unfinished business. 
New business. 
Election of officers. 
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 Secretary 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 unless the 
manuscript or an abstract of the same shall have been previously delivered 
to the Secretary. 
IX. The Secretary and Treasurer shall have their expenses paid from 
the Treasury of the Academy while attending council meetings and annual 
meetings. Other members of the council may have their expenses paid 
while attending meetings of the council, other than those in connection 
with annual meetings. 
X. These by-laws may be suspended by a three-fourths vote of the 
members present at any regular meeting. 
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