﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
  347 
  

  

  The 
  order 
  of 
  business 
  was 
  suspended, 
  and 
  the 
  President 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  to 
  the 
  Academy 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees, 
  the 
  

   amendments 
  to 
  the 
  Constitution 
  heretofore 
  offered, 
  Avith 
  a 
  report 
  

   from 
  that 
  Board 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  amended 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  recommend- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  adoption 
  by 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  amended 
  by 
  

   them, 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  Constitution 
  and 
  By-Laws 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  

   Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  in 
  lieu 
  of 
  those 
  now 
  existing. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  amendments 
  to 
  the 
  Constitution 
  as 
  reported 
  

   from 
  the 
  Trustees 
  for 
  adoption 
  : 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  I. 
  

  

  Section 
  i 
  . 
  This 
  Society 
  shall 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Gat.ifornia 
  Acadkmy 
  ok 
  

   Sciences. 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  II. 
  

  

  MEMBEES. 
  

  

  Sechon 
  I. 
  The 
  Academy 
  shall 
  consist 
  of 
  resident, 
  life, 
  and 
  honorary 
  

   members, 
  who 
  shall 
  be 
  elected 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  hereinafter 
  prescribed. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  Each 
  applicant 
  for 
  life, 
  or 
  resident 
  membership, 
  must 
  be 
  proposed 
  

   in 
  writing, 
  at 
  a 
  stated 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Academy, 
  by 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  resident 
  or 
  life 
  

   miembers 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  name, 
  occupation, 
  and 
  residence 
  of 
  the 
  applicant 
  thus 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  shall 
  be 
  posted 
  in 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  hall 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  for 
  not 
  

   less 
  than 
  one 
  month 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  proposing. 
  After 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  an 
  appli- 
  

   cant 
  for 
  membership 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  proposed, 
  the 
  Council 
  shall, 
  at 
  its 
  next 
  regular 
  

   meeting, 
  determine 
  by 
  ballot 
  the 
  eligibility 
  of 
  the 
  person 
  proposed. 
  If 
  the 
  

   Council 
  shall 
  decide 
  that 
  the 
  person 
  proposed 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  membership, 
  it 
  shall 
  

   so 
  report 
  at 
  the 
  next 
  stated 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Academy, 
  at 
  which 
  time 
  he 
  shall 
  be 
  

   balloted 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  Academy. 
  

  

  No 
  person 
  shall 
  be 
  elected 
  to 
  membership 
  in 
  the 
  Academy 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  

   preceding 
  the 
  Annual 
  Election. 
  

  

  Every 
  person 
  elected 
  to 
  membership 
  shall 
  pay 
  the 
  initiation 
  fee 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  

   quarter's 
  dues 
  within 
  one 
  month 
  after 
  receiving 
  notice 
  of 
  his 
  election, 
  and 
  

   shall 
  sign 
  the 
  Constitution. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  If 
  any 
  applicant 
  for 
  membership 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  reported 
  upon 
  favor- 
  

   ably 
  by 
  the 
  Council, 
  or 
  has 
  been 
  rejected 
  by 
  the 
  Academy, 
  his 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  

   again 
  proposed 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  after 
  the 
  expiration 
  of 
  one 
  year 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  

   his 
  rejection. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  Honorary 
  members 
  shall 
  be 
  elected 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  and 
  

   must 
  have 
  been 
  proposed 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  months 
  before 
  such 
  

   meeting, 
  and 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  candidates 
  posted 
  in 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  

   hall 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  for 
  that 
  time. 
  

  

  Each 
  candidate 
  for 
  life, 
  resident, 
  or 
  honorary 
  membership 
  must, 
  to 
  be 
  

  

  