12 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



AETICLE IV. 



MEMOIRS. 



Section 1. The Secretary shall receive memoirs at auy time, and re- 

 port the date of their reception at the next stated meeting; but no memoir 

 shall be published unless it has been read before the Academy. 



Sec. 2. Memoirs shall date in the records of the Academy from the 

 date of their presentation to the Academy, and the order of their presen- 

 tation shall be that in which they were registered, unless changed by con- 

 sent of the author. 



Sec. 3. Papers from persons not members, read before the Academy, 

 and intended for publication, shall be referred to the Council at the meet- 

 ing at which they are read. The Council shall report thereon to the 

 Academy no later than the second stated meeting from the date of refer- 

 ence. 



Sec. 4. All discussions upon the claims and ciualifications of nominees, 

 before the Council, shall be held strictly confidential; and remarks and 

 criticisms then made shall not be communicated to any person who was 

 not a member of the Academy at the time of discussion. 



AETICLE V. 



COMPLAIXTS AXD TRIALS. 



Section- 1. Any complaint against a member, or any charge for which 

 his exiJulsion is demanded, shall be in writing, signed by the member mak- 

 ing the chai'ge, and presented to the Council. 



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 matter to the Academy, and thereupon the Academy shall fix a time 

 for 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. 



