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ARTICLE VII, SI^XTIONS. 



1. Members not less than fifteen in number may by special 

 permission of the Academy unite to form a Section for the in- 

 vestigation of any branch of Science. Each Section shall bear 

 the name of the science which it represents, thus : The Section 

 of Geology of The Ohio Academy of Science. 



2. Each Section is empowered to perfect its own organiza- 

 tion as limited by the Constitution and By-Laws of the Academy. 



ARTICLE VIII, AMENDMENTS. 



I. This Constitution may be amended at any annual meet- 

 ing by a three-fourths vote of all Resident Members voting, pro- 

 vided that the substance of the amendment shall have been sub- 

 mitted at a preceding Annual Meeting. 



BY-LAWS. 



CHAPTER 1, MEMBERSHIP. 



1. Xo person shall be accepted as a Resident Member or 

 as Corresponding Member unless dues for the year are paid 

 within three months after notification of election. The annual 

 •dues shall be one dollar and fifty cents, payable in advance. A 

 single payment of twenty-five dollars however shall be accepted 

 as commutation for life. 



2. The sums paid in commutation of dues shall be invested, 

 and the interest used for the ordinary purposes of the Academy 

 during the payer's life, but after his death the sum shall be con- 

 verted into the Research Fund. 



3. Xon-payment of annual dues shall deprive a Resident 

 Member of taking part in the management and receiving the pub- 

 lication of the Academy. An arrearage continuing over two 

 years shall be construed as notification of withdrawal. The Sec- 

 retary, Treasurer, and Librarian shall be exempt from the pay- 

 ment of dues during the year in which they hold office. 



