CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 167 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE MINERALOGICAL 

 SOCIETY OP AMERICA 1 



CONSTITUTION 

 Article I 



NAME 



This Society shall be known as the Mineralogical Society of America. 



Article II 



object 



The object of this Society shall be the advancement of mineralogy, crystal- 

 lography, and allied sciences. 



Article III. 



OFFICERS 



The officers of the Society shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Treas- 

 urer, a Secretary, and an Editor, who shall be elected annually. There shall 

 be an Executive Council consisting of the above officers, tlie retiring President, 

 and four Fellows at large, to be elected for terms of four years each. 



Article IV 



MEMBERSHIP 



Section 1. The general membership of the Society shall be composed of 

 Fellows, Members, and Patrons. There may also be Correspondents. 



Sec. 2. Fellows shall be persons who have published results of research in 

 mineralogy, crystallography, or allied sciences, and who upon nomination by 

 the Council shall have been duly elected to fellowship in the Society. 



Sec. 3. Members shall be persons not Fellows who are engaged or interested 

 in mineralogy, crystallography, or allied sciences. 



Sec. 4. Patrons shall be persons who have bestowed important favors upon 

 the Society. Election to patronship carries with it the rights and privileges 

 of Members. 



Sec. 5. Fellows, Members, and Patrons shall be entitled to vote in the trans- 

 action of the regular business of the Society. Only Fellows are eligible to 

 office in tlie Society. 



Sec. 6. Correspondents sliall be persons distinguished for their attainments 

 in mineralogj', crystallography, or allied sciences and not resident in North 

 America. 



1 Affiliated with the Geological Society of America, as of December 1, 1920. 



