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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  been 
  life 
  or 
  resident 
  members 
  for 
  three 
  years 
  previous 
  to 
  their 
  election. 
  The 
  

   officers 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  shall 
  constitute 
  a 
  Council 
  for 
  the 
  transaction 
  of 
  such 
  

   business 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  assigned 
  to 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  Constitution 
  and 
  the 
  Academy. 
  The 
  

   President 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  ohall 
  be 
  Chairman 
  of 
  the 
  Council. 
  Surplus 
  publica- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  exchanges 
  of 
  spscimens 
  shall 
  be 
  under 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  Council. 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  and 
  officers 
  and 
  members 
  are 
  prohibited 
  from 
  incurring 
  any 
  in- 
  

   debtedness 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  this 
  Society, 
  unless 
  authorized 
  by 
  the 
  Trustees. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  The 
  Trustees 
  and 
  Officers 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  shall 
  be 
  elected 
  by 
  ballot 
  

   on 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  for 
  the 
  terra 
  of 
  one 
  year. 
  Their 
  term 
  of 
  

   office 
  shall 
  commence 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  Monday 
  in 
  January, 
  and 
  continue 
  until 
  their 
  

   successors 
  are 
  elected 
  and 
  qualified. 
  Before 
  the 
  stated 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  

   on 
  the 
  first 
  Monday 
  of 
  December, 
  the 
  Council 
  and 
  Trustees 
  shall 
  meet 
  jointly 
  

   to 
  select 
  a 
  Nominating 
  Committee 
  of 
  five 
  persons 
  from 
  among 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  

   the 
  Academy 
  not 
  holding 
  office, 
  and 
  this 
  Nominating 
  Committee 
  shall 
  prepare 
  

   and 
  present 
  to 
  the 
  Academy, 
  on 
  the 
  stated 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  Monday 
  in 
  De- 
  

   cember, 
  a 
  ticket, 
  naming 
  one 
  candidate 
  for 
  each 
  office 
  to 
  be 
  filled 
  for 
  the 
  ensuing 
  

   year, 
  and 
  thereupon 
  this 
  ticket 
  shall 
  be 
  posted 
  in 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  hall 
  

   of 
  the 
  Academy. 
  Other 
  tickets 
  may 
  be 
  presented, 
  and 
  other 
  candidates 
  may 
  be 
  

   balloted 
  for 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  election. 
  At 
  the 
  stated 
  meeting 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  Monday 
  

   in 
  December, 
  the 
  Academy 
  shall 
  appoint 
  two 
  Inspectors 
  and 
  two 
  Judges 
  of 
  

   Election, 
  who 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  ballot-box, 
  and 
  shall 
  conduct 
  the 
  

   election, 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting. 
  The 
  ballot-box 
  shall 
  be 
  kept 
  open 
  

   from 
  the 
  hour 
  of 
  nine 
  A. 
  M. 
  to 
  six 
  P. 
  M. 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  ballots 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  

   having 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  voting, 
  and 
  a 
  register 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  vote 
  shall 
  be 
  pre- 
  

   served. 
  No 
  member 
  shall 
  vote 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  election 
  who 
  is 
  delinquent 
  in 
  the 
  

   payment 
  of 
  his 
  dues 
  for 
  any 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  

   election 
  the 
  Judges 
  shall 
  announce 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  ballots 
  cast 
  for 
  each 
  candidate, 
  

   and 
  the 
  candidate 
  who 
  shall 
  receive 
  a 
  plurality 
  of 
  the 
  votes 
  cast 
  for 
  the 
  office 
  

   for 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  nominated 
  shall 
  be 
  declared 
  duly 
  elected. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  The 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Academy, 
  or 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  his 
  absence 
  or 
  inability 
  

   to 
  serve, 
  the 
  First 
  Vice-President, 
  or 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  his 
  absence 
  or 
  inability 
  to 
  serve, 
  

   the 
  Second 
  Vice-President, 
  shall 
  preside 
  at 
  the 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  Academy. 
  The 
  

   President 
  shall 
  name 
  all 
  committees, 
  excepting 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  otherwise 
  especially 
  

   provided 
  for, 
  and 
  shall 
  have 
  a 
  supervisory 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  

   Academy. 
  At 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting 
  he 
  shall 
  make 
  a 
  report 
  upon 
  the 
  condition 
  

   and 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  Academy, 
  and 
  shall 
  also 
  announce 
  the 
  deaths 
  of 
  members 
  

   that 
  have 
  taken 
  place 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  The 
  Kecording 
  Secretary 
  shall 
  keep 
  a 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  proceedings 
  of 
  

   the 
  Academy 
  ; 
  shall 
  receive 
  and 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  Publication 
  Committee 
  the 
  papers 
  

   presented 
  for 
  publication 
  ; 
  shall 
  furnish 
  to 
  it 
  an 
  abstract 
  of 
  the 
  proceedings 
  of 
  

   the 
  Academy; 
  and 
  shall 
  duly 
  engross 
  and 
  sign 
  the 
  minutes 
  of 
  each 
  meeting 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  the 
  next 
  stated 
  meeting. 
  Pie 
  shall 
  give 
  suitable 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  

   place 
  of 
  all 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  Academy. 
  He 
  shall 
  keep 
  a 
  duly 
  classified 
  list 
  of 
  

   the 
  members, 
  and 
  shall 
  attend 
  to 
  such 
  other 
  business 
  in 
  his 
  department 
  as 
  the 
  

   Academy 
  or 
  President 
  may 
  direct. 
  He 
  shall 
  notify 
  members 
  of 
  their 
  election, 
  

   and 
  furnish 
  them 
  with 
  diplomas. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  5. 
  The 
  Corresponding 
  Secretary 
  shall 
  conduct 
  the 
  correspondence 
  with 
  

   societies 
  and 
  individuals, 
  but 
  shall 
  submit 
  all 
  such 
  correspondence 
  to 
  the 
  Presi- 
  . 
  

  

  