BY-LAWS. 13 



SECTIONS. 



The foUowiug Preamble and Kesohitiou, with reference to "Sections" 

 in the Academy, were adopted at the regular meeting, held January 17th, 



1876: 



Whekkas, In many Scientific Societies, experience has proven that the 

 objects for which such societies were founded and organized, namely, the 

 advancement of Science and the diffusion of Knowledge, have been pro- 

 moted by the formation of Sections for the pursuance of special stiidies 

 and investigations, and as it is believed by many of the members, that the 

 formation of Sections inside of the California Academy of Sciences will in- 

 crease the usefulness of this Academy, and many of its members desire to 

 form such Sections, it is hereby 



B('t:oh-ed, That it is the sense of this Academy that the objects for which 

 it was founded will be advanced by the formation of Sections, which may 

 include such members of the Academy as are pursuing special departments 

 of scientific investigation and study, and as many members have ex- 

 pressed a desire to form Sections in order to facilitate such investigations 

 and studies, it is hereby provided that Sections may be formed, and in the 

 following manner, and under the restrictions herein contained: 



Whenever not less than five members of the Academy shall unite to 

 form a Section they shall have the right to do so, but shall first submit 

 to the Council of the Academy a written communication, signed by the 

 members who propose to form such Section, stating the department of 

 Science, or the character of the investigation or study which it is in- 

 tended the Section shall pursue; but no Section shall be consi(''.ered as 

 formed or be recognized by the Academy, until due notification thereof, 

 which shall be made to the Academy by the President or the Recording 

 Secretary, or, in the absence of said officers, some other member of the 

 Council, at the first regular meeting of the Academy after or following 

 the receipt of the communication from the members proposing to form 

 such Section. And upon and after such notice at a regular meeting as 

 above, such Section shall be considered as established, and a written 

 notice of the same shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the hall of 

 the Academy, and the members of the latter shall have the right to attend 

 the meetings of the Section so formed. Persons not members of the 

 Academy shall not be members of any Section. Sections formed as above 

 may make such by-laws as are deemed necessary, and the members thereof 

 shall have the power to manage the affairs of the Section to which they 

 belong, and only the members of a Section shall have the right to vote 

 upon matters pertaining to the Section to which they belong — Provided, 

 however, that no by-law or regulation made by any Section shall conflict 

 with the Constitution or By-Laws of the Academy. 



If at any time it shall be found that the action of any Section is detri-' 

 mental to the interests or objects of the Academy, or that any Section, 

 through the apathy or dissensions of its members, shall cease to pursue' 



