CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



PREAMBLE. 



The Fellows of The Geological Society of America, organized under the provis- 

 ions of the Constitution approved at Cleveland, Ohio, August 15, 1888, and adopted 

 at Ithaca, New York, December 27, 1888, hereby ordain the following revised 

 Constitution : 



CONSTITUTION. 



Article I. 



NAME. 



This Society shall be known as The Geological Society of America. 



Article II. 



object. 



The object of this Society shall be the promotion of the Science of Geology in 

 North America. 



Article III. 



membership. 



The Society shall be composed of Fellows, Correspondents and Patrons. 



1. Fellows shall be persons who are engaged in geological work or in teaching 

 geology and resident in North America. 



Fellows admitted without election under the Provisional Constitution shall Ije 

 designated as Original Fellows on all lists or catalogues of the Society. 



2. Correspondents shall be persons distinguished for their attainments in Geo- 

 logical Science and not resident in North America. 



3. Patrons shall be persons who have bestowed important favors upon the 

 Society. 



4. Fellows alone shall be entitled to vote or hold office in the Society. 



Article IV. 

 officers. 



1. The Officers of the Society shall consist of a President, First and Second Vice- 

 Presidents, a Secretiiry, a Treasurer, and six Councilors. 



These officers shall constitute an Executive Committee, which shall be called the 

 Council. 



2. The President shall discharge the usual duties of a presiding officer at all 

 meetings of the Society and of the Council. He shall take cognizance of the acts 

 of the Society and of its officers, and cause the provisions of the Constitution and 

 By-Laws to be fiiith fully carried iiito effect. 



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