CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 315 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS* 



Illinois State 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 research, 

 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 two classes as follows: 

 National Members and Local Members. 



National Members shall be those who are also members of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. Each national member, except 

 life members of the Academy, shall pay an admission fee of one dollar and an 

 annual assessment of five dollars. 



Local Members shall be those who are members of the local Academy 

 only. Each local member, except life members of the Academy, shall pay an 

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



Both national members and local members may be either Life Members, 

 Active Members, or Non-resident Members. 



Life Members shall be national or local members who have paid fees to 

 the Academy to the amount of twenty dollars. Life members, if national mem- 

 bers, shall pay an annual assessment of four dollars. 



Active Members shall be national or local members who reside in the State 

 of Illinois, and who have not paid as much as $20.00 in fees to the Academy. 



Non-resident Members shall be active members or life members who have 

 removed from the State of Illinois. Their duties and privileges shall be the 

 same as active members except ihat they may not hold office. 



Charter Members are those who attended the organization meeting in 1908, 

 signed the constitution, and paid dues for that year. 



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. 



Article IV. Officers. 



The officers of the Academy shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, 

 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 successors qualify. 



They shall perform the duties usually pertaining to their respective offices. 



•As Revised February, 1920. 



