By-Laws 



BY-LAWS 



[As adopted March 9, 1912, and amended at subsequent times.] 



1 On motion, any special department of science shall be assigned to a 

 curator, whose duty it shall be, with the assistance of the other members inter- 

 ested in the same department, to endeavor to advance knowledge m that par- 

 ticular department. Each curator shall report at such time and place as the 

 Academy shall direct. These reports shall include a brief summary of the pro- 

 gress of the department during the year preceding the presentation of the 

 report. 



2. The retiring President shall deliver a public address on the Friday evening 

 of the annual meeting. 



3 The Editor shall attend to the securing of proper newspaper reports of 

 the meetings, assist the Secretary, and edit all publications of the Academy. 



4 No meeting of the Academy shall be held without a notice of the same 

 having been sent to the address of each member at least fifteen days before 

 such meeting. 



5. No bill against the Academy shall be paid without an order signed by the 

 President and countersigned by the Secretary. 



6 Members who shall allow their dues to remain unpaid for two years, hav- 

 ing been annually notified of their arrearages by the Treasurer, shall have 

 their names stricken from the roll. 



7. Twelve members shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business. 



