MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
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5. The minutes of the proceedings of the Council shall be subject to call 
by the Academy. 
CHAPTER III: Election of Members. 
1. Nominations for Resident Membership may be proposed at any time on 
blanks to be supplied by the Secretary. 
2. The form for the nomination of Resident Members shall be as follows: 
In accordance with his desire, we respectfully nominate for Resident Mem- 
ber of the Michigan Academy of Science. 
(Full name) 
(Address) 
(Occupation) 
(Branch of science interested in, work already done, and publications, 
if any) 
(Signed by at least two Resident Members.) 
The form when filled is to be transmitted to the Secretary. 
3. The Secretary shall bring all nominations before the Council at either 
the winter [Annual] or summer [Field] meeting of the Academy, and the 
Council shall signify its approval or disapproval of each. (The Secretary 
is delegated the power, by general action of the Academy, to accept, subject 
to the ratification of the Academy at its next meeting, applicants at any 
time upon the recommendation of two members, as now practiced, and upon 
the payment of one dollar, which shall cover the annual dues for the year 
in which it is paid, and that only.) 
(Minutes, 1907.) 
4. At the same or next stated meeting of the Academy, the Secretary 
shall present the list of candidates to the Academy for election. 
5. Corresponding Members, Honorary Members, and Patrons shall be 
nominated by the Council, and shall be elected in the same manner as Resi- 
dent Members. 
CHAPTER IV: Election of Officers. 
Section 1 . At the Annual Meeting the election of officers shall take 
place and the officers elected shall enter on their duties at the end of the 
meeting. 
Section 2. The Council shall nominate a candidate for each office, but 
each vSection may recommend to the Council a candidate for its Vice Pres- 
ident. Additional nominations may be made by any member of the Acad- 
emy. All elections shall be made by ballot. 
CHAPTER V: Financial Methods. 
1. No pecuniary obligation shall l>e contracted without express sanction 
of the Academy or the Council. But it is to be understood that all ordinary 
incidental and running expenses have the permanent sanction of the Acad- 
emy, without special action. 
2. The creditor of the Academy must present to the Treasurer a fully 
itemized bill, certified by the official ordering it, and approved by the Presi- 
dent. The Treasurer shall then pay the amount out of any funds not other- 
wise appropriated, and the receipted bill shall be held as his voucher. 
3. At each annual meeting the President shall call upon the Academy to 
choose two members, not members of the Council, to whom shall be referred 
