NOVBMBEE 21, 1919] 



SCIENCE 



475 



Manufactures and Commerce; P, Education. 

 Members of the Association shall be members of 

 that Seotion or of those Sections under which their 

 work or their interests fall. Members of the Sec- 

 tion shall nominate to the Council a Chairman, 

 who becomes ex officio a Vice-president of the 

 Association and whose term of office shall be one 

 year, and a Secretary, whose term of office shall be 

 four years. These officers, together with four fel- 

 lows, one elected annually by the Section for a 

 term of four years, and the representatives on the 

 Council of affiliated societies in the same iield shall 

 form a Sectional Committee. This committee shall 

 arrange the scientific programs of the meetings 

 and may form sub-sections or hold joint meetings 

 with other sections or other societies. It may ap- 

 point committees and shall in all ways promote the 

 objects of the Association within its own field. 



Article 6. Divisions and Branches 

 , Eegional Divisions and Local Branches of the 

 Association may be formed by vote of the Council. 

 Such Divisions and Branches may elect officers, hold 

 meetings, appoint committees, enter into relations 

 with other societies and promote within their fields 

 the objects of the Association. 



Article 7. Associated and Affiliated Societies 

 , National and local scientific societies may, by 

 vote of the Council, become associated with the 

 Association. Those Associated Societies which the 

 Council shall designate as Affiliated Societies shall 

 be represented on the Council and on the Sectional 

 Committees as provided in Articles 4 and 5. 



; Article 8. Meetings 



The Association shall hold an annual meeting at 

 such time and place as may be determined by the 

 Council. Other meetings of the Association and 

 of the Sections may be authorized by the Council. 

 The Divisions and the Branches may hold annual 

 and other meetings. 



Article 9. Proceedings 

 The Proceedings of the Association and the list 

 of officers and members shall be published in such 

 manner as the Council may direct. 



Article 10. Funds 

 The Permanent Secretary shall collect the an- 

 nual dues and make expenditures as directed by 

 the Council. The Treasurer shall deposit or invest 

 the permanent funds of the Association, as pro- 

 vided for trust funds by the laws of the state of 

 Massachusetts or the state of New York. Be- 



quests and gifts will be administered in accordance 

 with the provisions of the donors. The payments 

 from sustaining and Ufe members form part of 

 the permanent fund, and the income (after the 

 death of the member) shall be used for research, 

 unless otherwise directed by unanimous vote of 

 the Council or by a majority vote at two consecu- 

 tive annual meetings. 



Article 11. Alteration of the Constitution 

 This Constitution may be amended at a General 

 Session by unanimous vote or by a majority vote 

 at two consecutive annual meetings. 



BY-LAWS AND RULES OP PKOCEDUKE 

 I 



The Association is American, its field covering 

 North, Central and South America. Inhabitants 

 of any country are eligible to membership. 



II 



1. An incorporated scientific society or institu- 

 tion or a public or incorporated library may be- 

 come a member by vote of the Council. 



2. Associates on payment of four dollars may 

 be admitted to the privileges of a meeting, except 

 voting. 



3. Foreign associates may be admitted without 

 fee to the privileges of a meeting, except voting. 



4. All members who are professionally engaged 

 in scientific work, or who have advanced science 

 by research, may be elected by the Council to be 

 fellows on nomination or on their own application. 

 This qualification is understood to have been met 

 by members of affiliated societies having a research 

 qualification. 



5. The Council may exclude from the Association 

 any one who has made improper use of his member- 

 ship or whose membership is regarded as detri- 

 mental to the Association. 



Ill 



1. The Permanent Secretary, the Greneral Secre- 

 , tary and Treasurer of the Association and the Sec- 

 retaries of the Sections shall be elected at the 

 larger convocation week meetings held once in four 

 years beginning the last week of the year 1916. 

 Vacancies in these offices shall be filled by the 

 Council. 



2. The President of the Association shall give 

 an address at a general session of the Association 

 at the annual meeting following that over which 

 he presided. 



