308 Wisco72sin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 



Section 6. Any existing society or institution niBy be constituted a De- 

 partment, on terms approved by two-thirds of tiie voting members present at 

 two successive regular meetings of the Academy. 



SPECIAL OBJECTS OP THE DEPARTMENTS. 



Section 6. The specific objects of the Department of Sciences shall be: 



1. General Scientific Research. 



2. A progressive and thorough Scientific Survey of the State, under the di- 

 rection of the Ofiicers of the Academy. 



3. The formation of a Scientific Museum. 



4. The Diflusion of Knowledge by the publication of Original Contribu- 

 tions to Science. 



The object of the Department of the Arts shall be : 



1. The Advancement of the Useful Arts, through the Application of Sci- 

 ence and the Encouragement of Original Invention. 



2. The Encouragement of the Fine Arts and the Improvement of the Public 

 Taste, bv means of Honors and Prizes awarded to Works of Superior Merit, 

 by Original Contributions to Art, ?ind the Formation of an Art Museum. 



The objects of the Department of Letters, shall be: 



1. The Encouragement of Philnlogical and Historical Research. 



2. The Improvement of the English Language. 



3. The Collection and Preservation ot Historic Records. 



4. The Formation of a General Library. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



'Section 7. The Academy shall embrace four classes of governing mem- 

 bers who shall be admitted by vote of the Academy, in the manner to be 

 prescribed in the By-Laws: 



1st. Annual Members, who shall pay an initiation fee of five dollars, and 

 thereafter an annual fee of two dollars. 



2d. Members for Life, who shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars. 



3d. Patrons, whose contributions shall not be less than five hundred dollars. 



4th. Founders, whose contributions shall not be less than the sum of one 

 thousand dollars. 



Provisions may also be made for the election of honorary and correspond- 

 ing members, as may be directed by the by-laws of the Academy. 



MANAGEMENT. 



Section 8. The management of the Academy shall be intrusted to a gen- 

 eral council; the immediate control of each Department to a Department 

 Council. The General Council shall consst of the ofiicers of the Academy, 

 the officers of the Departments, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the President of the State Univer- 

 sity, the President and Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, the Presi- 

 dent and Secretary of the State Historical Society. Counselors ex-officiis, and 

 three Counselors to be elected for each Department. The Department Coun- 

 cils shall consist of the Presideut and Secretary of the Academy, the officers 

 of the Department, and three Counselors to be chosen by the Department. 



OFFICERS. 



Section 9. The officers of the Academy shall be: a President, who shall 

 be ex-<?^czo President of each of the Departments; one Vice-President for 

 each Department; a General Secretary; a General Treasurer; a Director of 

 the Museum, and a General Librarian. 



Section 10. The officers of each Department shall be a Vice-President, 

 who shall be ex-officio a Vice-President of the Academy ; a Secretary and such, 

 other officers as may be created by the General Council. 



