CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



With Amendments to January 1, 1892. 



ARTICLE I. 



NAME. 



Section 1. This Society shall be known as the California Academy 

 OF Sciences. 



ARTICLE II. 



MEMBERS. 



Section 1. The Academy shall consist of resident, life, honorarj-, and 

 associate members, who shall be elected in the manner hereinafter pre- 

 scribed. The qualifications for resident or life membership shall be that 

 the applicants are professionally engaged in scientific work or have by 

 their labor contributed to the advancement of some branch of science. 



Sec. 2. Each applicant for life, resident or associate membership, must 

 be proposed in writing, at a stated meeting of the Academy, by two or more 

 resident or life members; and the name, occupation, and residence of the 

 applicant thus proposed shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the Hall 

 of the Academy for not less than one month from the date of proposing. 

 After the name of an applicant for membership has been so proposed, the 

 Council shall at its next regular meeting determine by ballot the eligi- 

 bility of the person proposed. If the Council shall decide that the person 

 proposed is worthy of membership, it shall so report to the next stated 

 meeting of the Academy, at which time he shall be balloted for by the 

 Academy. 



No person shall be elected to membership in the Academy during the 

 month preceding the Annual Election. 



Every person elected to membership shall pay the initiation fee and the 

 first quarter's dues within one month after receiving notice of his election, 

 and shall sign the Constitution. 



Sec. 3. If any applicant for membership has not been reported upon 

 favorably by the Council, or has been rejected by the Academy, his name 

 may be again proposed at any time after the expiration of one year from 

 the date of his rejection. 



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