SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES iig 



be held on the date of the annual meetings of the Academy and 

 its Sections in the month of May, by method prescribed in the 

 By-Laws, and the administrative officers shall be installed at 

 the annual meetings of the Academy and Sections in June fol- 

 lowing. The incoming Board of Directors shall assume control 

 immediately on the adjournment of the June meeting, and the 

 officers-elect of Sections shall be duly installed at the June meet- 

 ings of their respective Sections. 



Sec. 2. Election of officers and Directors of the Academy 

 shall be by ballot, after nominations duly made as herein pro- 

 vided, viz : 



Any person entitled to a vote may nominate, in writing, not 

 later than March 30th, one candidate for each position to become 

 vacant. The names of all candidates so nominated shall be duly 

 considered by the Board of Directors, who shall then freely nomi- 

 nate an official ticket, which shall be presented at the April 

 meeting of the. Academy, together with such other names as. shall 

 have been regularly nominated by not less, than ten Active 

 Members and Fellows. The ticket, or tickets, thus announced 

 shall constitute the formal nominations, to which the voting rt 

 the May meeting must be confined. 



Sec 3. Nominations and elections of the officers of indi- 

 vidual Sections shall be in accord with the By-Laws governing 

 the particular Section at the time. 



Sec. 4. A vacancy occurring at any time in the Board of 

 Directors shall be filled by the remaining members thereof for 

 the unexpired term ; should, however, such vacancy leave an\' 

 Section without representation on the Board, the Section thus 

 excluded shall elect one of its own members to serve as Director. 

 Vacancies occurring among the officers of the Academy shall be 

 filled by the Board of Directors from its own number. 



Sec. No person shall be eligible for re-election to the 

 office of President within one year after having served two 

 consecutive terms. 



Sec. 6. The Chairman of a Section shall be chosen from 

 the Fellow^s on its membership roll. 



ARTICLE VIIL 



AMENDMENTS, ETC. 



Section i. Alterations of this Constitution, amendments 

 thereof, additions thereto, or repeal of any portion thereof, may 

 be made at any time, by a vote of two-thirds of the Members and 

 Fellows of the Academy; provided, that the changes proposed be 

 presented in writing at a meeting of the Academy, and that the 

 vote be taken at a subsequent meeting, held not less than one- 

 month later. 



