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  SCIENCES. 
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  whom 
  all 
  necessary 
  arrangements 
  for 
  their 
  establishment 
  and 
  award 
  shall 
  he 
  

   made. 
  Bequests 
  and 
  trusts 
  having 
  for 
  their 
  object 
  the 
  advancement 
  of 
  science 
  

   may 
  be 
  accepted 
  by 
  the 
  Academy. 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  VIII. 
  

  

  AMENDMENTS 
  AND 
  BY-LAWS. 
  

  

  Section 
  i. 
  This 
  Constitution 
  may 
  be 
  amended 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  any 
  annual 
  

   election 
  of 
  the 
  Academy. 
  The 
  proposed 
  amendment 
  shall 
  be 
  submitted 
  in 
  writ- 
  

   ing 
  at 
  a 
  stated 
  meeting, 
  and, 
  if 
  accepted 
  by 
  a 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  then 
  

   present, 
  shall 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Council, 
  who 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  amend 
  the 
  

   proposition, 
  and 
  shall 
  report 
  the 
  same, 
  as 
  amended 
  by 
  them, 
  to 
  the 
  Academy. 
  

   The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Council, 
  or 
  if 
  no 
  report 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  that 
  body 
  within 
  one 
  

   month 
  after 
  its 
  reference 
  to 
  them, 
  the 
  original 
  proposition, 
  shall 
  be 
  considered 
  

   by 
  the 
  Academy 
  at 
  a 
  stated 
  meeting, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  amended 
  at 
  such 
  meeting. 
  If 
  

   at 
  this 
  meeting 
  the 
  proposition 
  be 
  adopted 
  by 
  a 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  then 
  

   present, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  conspicuously 
  posted 
  in 
  the 
  hall 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  from 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  such 
  adoption 
  until 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  election, 
  when 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  

   voted 
  upou 
  by 
  ballot, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  as 
  the 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  Academy. 
  No 
  

   proposed 
  amendment 
  shall 
  be 
  voted 
  upon 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  election, 
  un- 
  

   less 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  finally 
  adopted 
  at 
  a 
  stated 
  meeting, 
  and 
  posted 
  in 
  the 
  hall 
  of 
  the 
  

   Academy 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  months 
  before 
  such 
  annual 
  election. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  The 
  Academy 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  power 
  to 
  adopt 
  By-Laws, 
  not 
  inconsist- 
  

   ent 
  with 
  this 
  Constitution, 
  for 
  the 
  conduct 
  of 
  its 
  meetings, 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  

   its 
  officers, 
  and 
  management 
  of 
  its 
  afi'airs. 
  Such 
  By-Laws 
  may 
  be 
  adopted 
  or 
  

   amended, 
  at 
  any 
  stated 
  meeting, 
  by 
  a 
  two-thirds 
  vote, 
  provided 
  the 
  proposition 
  

   for 
  such 
  By-Laws 
  or 
  amendment 
  shall 
  have 
  been 
  presented 
  at 
  a 
  previous 
  stated 
  

   meeting, 
  and 
  posted 
  in 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  hall 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  for 
  not 
  

   less 
  than 
  two 
  weeks 
  ; 
  but 
  no 
  by-law 
  or 
  amendment 
  can 
  be 
  voted 
  upon 
  during 
  

   the 
  month 
  preceding 
  the 
  annual 
  election. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  Nothing 
  in 
  this 
  Constitution 
  or 
  the 
  By-Laws 
  thereunder 
  shall 
  aflfect 
  

   the 
  status 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  Officers 
  and 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  for 
  the 
  term 
  for 
  

   which 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  elected, 
  nor 
  until 
  their 
  successors 
  have 
  been 
  elected 
  and 
  

   qualified 
  hereunder. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  By-Laws, 
  as 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  Trustees 
  

   for 
  adoption: 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  I. 
  

  

  meetings. 
  

  

  Section 
  i 
  . 
  The 
  Stated 
  and 
  Annvial 
  Meetings 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  shall 
  be 
  held 
  

   at 
  the 
  hall 
  of 
  the 
  Academy, 
  and 
  the 
  hours 
  of 
  meeting 
  shall 
  be 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  From 
  

   the 
  1st 
  of 
  September 
  to 
  the 
  istof 
  May, 
  at 
  half 
  past 
  seven 
  in 
  the 
  evening; 
  and 
  

   during 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  at 
  eight 
  o'clock. 
  

  

  