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tinguished service to science and who are not residents of the State 

 of Illinois. The number shall not exceed twenty at one time. They 

 shall be free from all 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- 

 President, a Chairman of each section that may be organized, a 

 Secretary, and a Treasurer. These officers shall be chosen by ballot 

 on recommendation of a nominating committee, at an annual meet- 

 ing, and shall hold office for one year or until their successors qualify. 



They shall perform the duties usually pertaining to their re- 

 spective offices. 



It shall be one of the duties of the president to prepare an ad- 

 dress which shall be delivered before the Academy at the annual 

 meeting at which his term of office expires. 



The secretary shall have charge of all the books, collections, an/d 

 material property belonging to the Academy. 



Article V. Cou^'CIL. 



The Council shall consist of the President, Vice-President, Chair- 

 man of each section, Secretary, Treasurer, and the president for 

 the preceding year. To the Council shall be entrusted the manage- 

 ment of the affairs of the Academy during the intervals between 

 regular meetings. 



Article VI. Sta.xdixg Comafittees. 



The Standing Committees of the Academy shall be a Committee 

 on Publication and a Committee on Membership. 



The Committee on Publication shall consist of the President, the 

 Secretary, and a third member chosen annually by the Academy. 



The Committer: on Membership shall consist of five members 

 chosen annually by the Academy. 



