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IOWA ACADEMY OP SCIENCES. 
CONSTITUTION OF THE ACADEMY. 
Section I. This organization shall be known as the Iowa Academy of 
Sciences. 
Section II. The object of the Academy shall be the encouragement of 
scientific work in the state of Iowa. 
Section III. The membership of the Academy shall consist of (1), Pel- 
lows who shall be elected from residents of the state of Iowa actively 
engaged in scientific work, of (2), Associate members of the state of Iowa 
interested in the progress of science, but not direct contributors to original 
research, and (3), Corresponding Pellows to be elected by vote from origi- 
nal workers in science in other states; also, any Pellow removing to another 
state from this may be classed as a corresponding Pellow. Nomination by 
the council and assent of three-fourths of the Pellows present at any annual 
meeting shall be necessary to election. 
Section IV. An entrance fee of three dollars shall be required of each 
Pellow, and an annual fee of one dollar, due at each annual meeting after 
his election. Pellows in arrears for two years, and failing to respond to 
notification from the secretary-treasurer, shall be dropped from the 
Academy roll. 
Section V. [a] The officers of the Academy shall be president, two 
vice-presidents, a secretary-treasurer, to be elected at the annual meeting. 
Their duties shall be such as ordinarily devolve upon these officers. 
[b) The charter members of the Academy shall constitute the council, 
together with such other Pellows as may be elected at an annual meeting 
of the council by it as members thereof, provided, that at any such election 
two or more negative votes shall constitute a rejection of the candidate. 
(c) The council shall have power to nominate Pellows to elect members of 
the council, fix time and place of meetings, to select papers for publication 
in the proceedings, and have control of all meetings not provided for in 
general session. It may, by vote, delegate any or all these powers, except 
the election of members of the council to an executive committee, consist- 
ing of the officers and of three other Pellows, to be elected by the council. 
Section VI. The Academy shall hold an annual meeting in Des Moines 
during tfhe week that the State Teachers’ Association is in session. Other 
meetings may be called by the council at times and places deemed advisable. 
Section VII. All papers presented shall be the result of original 
investigation, but the council may arrange for public lectures or addresses 
on scientific subjects. 
Section VIII. The secretary-treasurer shall each year publish the 
proceedings of the Academy in pamphlet (octavo) form, giving author’s 
abstract of papers, and, if published elsewhere, a reference to the place 
