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CONSTITUTION. 



HAME AND LOCATION. 



Section 1. This association shall be called " The Wisconsin Academy of 

 Sciences, Arts and Letters," and shall be located at the city of Madison. 



GENEBAL OBJECTS, 



Section 2. The general object of the Academy shall be to encourage inr- 

 vestigations and disseminate correct views in the various departments of Sci-- 

 ence. Literature and the Arts. 



departments. 



Section 3. The Academy shall comprise separate Departments, not less, 

 than three in number, of which taoge first organized shall be : 



Is^. The Department of Speculative PMlosphy — 



Embracing : 



Metaphysics ; 

 Ethics. 



2(Z. The Department of the Social and Political ScUnces — 



Embracing : 



Jurisprudence ; 

 Political Science; 

 Education ; 

 Public Health; 

 Social Economy. 



Zd. The Department of Natural Sciences — 

 Embracing: 



The Mathematical aad Physical Sciences; 



Natural History; 



The Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. 



Ath. The Department of Arts — 

 Embracing : 



The Practical Arts ; 

 The Fine Arts. 



^th. The Department of Letters — 



Embracing : 



Language ; 

 Literature ; 

 Criticism; 

 History. 



_ Section 4. Any branch of these Departments may be constituted a sec- 

 tion ; and any section or group of sections may be expanded into a full De- 

 partment, whenever such expansion shall be deemed important. 



