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represent it in the transaction of any necessary business not especially pro- 

 vided for in this constitution, in the interim between general meetings. 



Sec. 3. This constitution may be altered or amended at any annual 

 meeting by a three-fourths majority of the attending members of at least 

 one year's standing. No question of amendment shall be decided on the 

 day of its presentation. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. On motion, any special department of science shall be assigned to 

 a curator, whose duty it shall be, with the assistance of the other members 

 interested in the same department, to endeavor to advance knowledge in 

 that particular department. Each curator shall report at such time and 

 place as the Academy shall direct. These reports shall include a brief sum- 

 mary of the progress of the department during the year preceding the 

 presentation of the report. 



2. The President shall deliver a public address on the morning of one 

 of the days of the meeting at the expiration of his term of office. 



3. The Press Secretary shall attend to the securing of proper news- 

 paper reports of the meetings and assist the Secretary. 



4. No special meeting of the Academy shall be held without a notice 

 of the same having been sent to the address of each member at least fifteen 

 days before such meeting. 



5. No bill against the Academy shall be paid without an order signed 

 by the President and countersigned by the Secretary. 



G. Members who shall allow their dues to remain unpaid for two 

 years, having beeu annually notified of their arrearage by the Treasurer, 

 shall have their names stricken from the roll. 



7. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 

 business. 



