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TENTH REPORT. 
ARTICLE VIII: Sections. 
Members not less than eight in number may by special permission of the 
Academy unite to form a Section for the investigation of any branch of science. 
Each -Section shall bear the name of the science which it represents, thus: 
The Section of (Agriculture) of the Michigan Academy of Science. 
2. Each Section is empowered to perfect its own organization as limited 
by the Constitution and By-Laws of the Academy. 
ARTICLE IX: Amendments. 
This Constitution may be amended at any Winter [Annual] meeting by a 
three-fourths vote of all the Resident Members present. 
BY-LAWS. 
CHAPTER I: Membership. 
1. No person shall be accepted as a Resident Member unless he pay the 
dues for the year within three months after notification of his election. An 
affiliated society, after the secretary has been notified that it will be accepted 
as affiliated shall also be expected to pay the annual dues, but a commuta- 
tion of twenty-five dollars shall be accepted for a permanent membership. 
The annual dues shall be one (1) dollar, payable on or before the annual 
meeting in advance; but a single prepayment of twenty-five (25) dollars 
shall be accepted as commutation for life. 
2. The sums paid in commutation of dues shall be invested, and the in- 
terest used for the ordinary purposes of the Academy during the payer’s fife, 
but after his death the sum shall be covered into the Research Fund. 
3. An arrearage in payment of annual dues shall deprive a Resident Member 
of the privilege of taking part in the management of the Academy and of 
receiving the publications of the Academy. An arrearage continuing over 
two (2) years shall be construed as notification of withdrawal. 
4. Any person eligible under Article III of the Constitution may be 
elected Patron upon the payment of one hundred (100) dollars to the Research 
Fund of the Academy. 
CHAPTER II: Officials. 
1. The President shall countersign, if he approves, all duly authorized 
accounts and orders drawn on the Treasurer for the disbursement of money. 
2. The Secretary, until otherwise ordered by the Academy, shall per- 
form the duties of Editor, Librarian and Custodian of the property of the 
Society. 
3. The Academy may elect an Assistant Secretary. 
4. The Treasurer shall give bonds, with two good sureties approved by 
the Council, in the sum of five hundred dollars, for the faithful and honest 
performance of his duties, and the sale-keeping of the funds of the Academy. 
He may deposit the funds in bank at his discretion, but shall not invest them 
without the authority of the Council. His accounts shall be balanced on 
the first day of the Annual Meeting of each year. 
