﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
  355 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  Council 
  shall 
  deem 
  the 
  matter 
  worthy 
  of 
  investigation, 
  they 
  shall 
  

   furnish 
  the 
  accused 
  with 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  charge, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  notice 
  that 
  the 
  

   same 
  will 
  be 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Academy 
  for 
  investigation. 
  

  

  The 
  notice 
  shall 
  specify 
  the 
  time 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  charge 
  will 
  be 
  presented 
  to 
  

   the 
  Academy, 
  and, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  charge, 
  shall 
  be 
  served 
  upon 
  

   the 
  accused 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  week 
  before 
  the 
  time 
  therein 
  specified 
  for 
  presentation. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  stated 
  meeting 
  specified 
  in 
  the 
  notice, 
  the 
  Council 
  shall 
  present 
  the 
  

   jnatter 
  to 
  the 
  Academy, 
  and 
  thereupon 
  the 
  Academy 
  shall 
  fix 
  a 
  time 
  for 
  the 
  

   trial, 
  which 
  time 
  shall 
  be 
  either 
  at 
  a 
  stated 
  meeting 
  or 
  at 
  an 
  adjourned 
  stated 
  

   meeting. 
  

  

  The 
  accused 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  appearing 
  at 
  the 
  trial 
  with 
  counsel, 
  

   and 
  of 
  offering 
  witnesses 
  in 
  his 
  behalf 
  ; 
  but 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  discussion 
  

   or 
  vote 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  upon 
  the 
  matter. 
  

  

  Hereupon, 
  upon 
  motion, 
  and 
  after 
  considerable 
  discussion, 
  the 
  

   Academy, 
  with 
  only 
  one 
  dissenting 
  voice, 
  adopted 
  the 
  amendments 
  

   as 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees, 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  Constitution 
  

   and 
  By-Laws 
  of 
  the 
  Academy, 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  those 
  heretofore 
  existing. 
  

  

  On 
  motion, 
  it 
  was 
  ordered 
  that 
  the 
  Constitution 
  be 
  printed 
  at 
  

   once, 
  and 
  copies 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  members 
  

   for 
  examination 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  amendments. 
  ' 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  August 
  17th, 
  1874. 
  

   President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Fifty-one 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum: 
  Prof. 
  Herst 
  donated 
  specimen 
  of 
  

   burrowing 
  Mollusca, 
  genus 
  Zirphcea, 
  probably 
  Zirplicea 
  crispata, 
  

   found 
  at 
  Victoria 
  ; 
  also, 
  from 
  same, 
  a 
  small 
  Fish 
  from 
  the 
  north. 
  

   An 
  eel-shaped 
  Fish, 
  (^OpMsurus 
  Californiensis) 
  described 
  and 
  

   figured 
  in 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  this 
  Society, 
  in 
  September, 
  1863, 
  by 
  

   Andrew 
  Garrett 
  ; 
  the 
  specimen 
  then 
  noticed 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   captured 
  at 
  Margarita 
  Bay 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  from 
  Magdalena 
  Bay, 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  known 
  among 
  the 
  whalemen 
  as 
  Margarita 
  Bay. 
  Specimen 
  of 
  a 
  

   double-headed 
  Snake, 
  the 
  tail 
  being- 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  per- 
  

  

  Pboc. 
  Gal. 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Vol, 
  V.~23. 
  December, 
  1874. 
  , 
  

  

  