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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



ILLINOIS STATE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



CONSTITUTION 



Article I. Namk. 

 This Society shall be known as The Illinois 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 Active Mem- 

 bers, Non-resident Members, Corresponding Members, Life Members, 

 and Hororary 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. 



corresponding Members shall be such persons actively engaged in 

 scientific research as shall be chosen by the Academy, their duties and 

 privileges to be the same as those of active members, except that 

 they may not hold office and shall be free from all dues. 



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. 



Honorary members shall be persons who have rendered dis- 

 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. 



