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ARTICLE VII. AMENDMENTS. 



Section 1. Amendments to this Constitution shall be 

 submitted in writing at a regular meeting. They shall 

 be open to discussion until at least the second meeting 

 thereafter. They may then be adopted by a two-thirds 

 vote of a letter-ballot, conducted in the manner prescribed 

 by the Council. 



ARTICLE VIII. SECTIONS. 



Section 1. To encourage and promote special inves- 

 tigations in any branch of science, members of the Acad- 

 emy may form Sections, which shall be constituted as 

 herein provided. 



Sec. 2. For the formation of a Section, written ap- 

 plication shall be made to the Academy, at a regular 

 meeting, by not less than six active members. 



On the approval of this application by the affirmative 

 vote of two-thirds of the members present at the next 

 regular meeting, the Section shall be established and the 

 names of the petitioners shall be recorded on its minutes 

 as its founders. 



Sec. 3. Sections may increase the number of their 

 members by election, but only members of the Academy 

 shall be elected members of any of the Sections. 



Sec. 4. The officers of each Section shall be a Chair- 

 man and a Secretary, who shall be elected by its members 

 at the first meeting of the Section, and subsequently at 

 the first meeting in January of each year. 



Sec. 5. The collections and books of each Section are 

 the common property of the Academy. Donations of 

 books and specimens made to or for any Section shall 

 be received as donations to the Academy for the use of 

 the Section. 



Sec. 6. A report of the proceedings of each Section 

 shall be submitted to the Academy at least once every 

 month. Papers read before any Section with a view to 

 publication by the Academy shall take the same course 

 as papers read before the Academy. 



Sec. 7. On all points not herein provided for, each 

 Section shall be governed by the Constitution, By-Laws 

 and instructions of the Academy. 



