IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
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and date of publication; also the full text of such papers as may be desig- 
nated by the council. If published elsewhere the author shall, if practica- 
ble, publish in octavo form and deposit separates with the secretary- 
treasurer, to be permanently preserved for the Academy. 
Section IX. This constitution may be amended at any annual meeting 
by assent of a majority of the Fellow-s voting, and a majority of the council; 
provided, notice of proposed amendment has been sent to all Fellows at 
least one month previous to the meeting, and provided that absent Fellows 
may deposit their votes, sealed, with the secretary-treasurer. 
The following amendments to the constitution have been proposed: 
(1) To make place of meeting same as that of State Teachers’ Associa- 
tion. 
(2) To make librarian an officer of the Academy. 
At a meeting in 1894, the following amendment was proposed. That this 
Academy shall meet in two sections, viz: 
(1) Biological section which shall include such as ethnology, geography, 
biology, geology. 
(2) A physical section, including physics, chemistry, mathematics. 
A committee of five, consisting of the president and two members 
selected by him from each section, to decide upon the publication of papers 
read before the Academy, which of these shall be published in full in the 
proceedings, and shall prepare for publication abstracts of the remainder. 
To facilitate the work of the committee, each member who contributes 
a paper shall be required to present with it a tabulated abstract of the 
same or table of contents. 
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE IOWA ACADEMY OF 
SCIENCES. 
ARTICLE I. 
We the undersigned hereby associate ourselves with the intention to 
constitute a corporation to be known as the Iowa Academy of Sciences, the 
purpose of which is to hold periodical meetings for the presentation and 
discussion of scientific papers, to publish proceedings, to colleet such liter- 
ature, specimens, records and other property as may serve to advance the 
interests of the organization, and to transact all such business as may be 
necessary in the accomplishment of these objects. 
ARTICLE II. 
The membership of the corporation shall consist of the incorporators, 
and such other residents of the state of Iowa as may be duly elected Fellows 
of the Academy. 
ARTICLE III. 
The duly elected officers of the Academy shall be the officers of the cor- 
poration. 
