CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 187 
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 
Illinois Academy of Science 
CONSTITUTION 
ARTICLE 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 re- 
search, 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 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 privilges 
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 Edu- 
cation of the state government shall be the Librarian of the Academy. 
All other officers shall be chosen by ballot on recommendation of a nom- 
inating 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 respective 
offices. 
