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Sec. 2. The meetings of Me Board of Trustees shall be quar- 

 terly on the days following the corresponding monthly meetings of 

 the Academy; Provided, that the President shall have power, at his 

 discretion, to postpone any quarterly meeting except the first in each 

 year, and to call special meetings at the request of three members 

 of the Board. 



See. 3. The President, at the written request of five members, 

 may call a special meeting of the Academy, but no business shall be 

 transacted at such meetings, except that for which they were called. 



Art. II. SECTIONS OF THE MEMBERSHIP. 



Section 1. The entire membership shall be divided into sections 

 corresponding to the branches of science, each section being in 

 charge of a chairman appointed by the President, and all vacancies 

 shall be filled by him, subject to confirmation by the Board of Trus- 

 tees. Each section shall consist of the chairman and as many mem- 

 bers as desire to work in it. The chairman shall divide his section 

 into as many sub^sections as will best subserve the objects of the 

 section. 



Sec. 2. The sections shall cover the following sciences: 



ANTHROPOLOGY. MINERALOGY. 



ASTRONOMY. MICROSCOPY. 



BIOLOGY MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY. 



BOTANY. PHYSICS. 



CHEMISTRY. ECONOMICS AND SANITARY 



GEOLOGY. SCIENCES. 



INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY. VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY. 



Sec. 3. There shall be a Committee on Finance and one on the 

 Museum and Library, to consist of three members each. 



Art. III. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 



Section 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the 

 Academy, and at each annual meeting the retiring President shall 

 deliver an address before the Academy on such subject, covered by 

 the scope of its investigations, as he may select — such address to be 

 preserved in the records of the Academy. 



Sec. 2. The Vice-President shall preside at meetings of the Acad- 

 emy and act as president in all respects in the absence of the Pres- 

 ident. 



Sec. 3. The Secretary shall keep correct and accurate minutes 

 of the proceedings of the Academy; receive all moneys, and pay them 

 over to the Treasurer and take his receipt for the same; and enter 

 in the proceedings of the Academy the name of each person paying 

 money to him, the purpose for which the same is paid, and the 

 amount paid, and make out in writing and submit to the Academy a 

 correct and accurate statement, in detail, of his official account with 

 the Academy, which statement shall be submitted at the annual 

 meeting; he shall deliver all books and papers in his possession hav- 

 ing any reference to the proceedings of the Academy, to his suc- 

 cessor in office. 



