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IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
published elsewhere the author shall, if practicable, publish in octavo form 
and deposit separates with the secretary, to be permanently preserved for 
the academy. 
Sec. 9. This constitution may be amended at any annual meeting by 
assent of a majority of the fellows 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. 
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 procee lings, to collect such litera- 
ture, 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. 
ARTICLE IV. 
The principal place of business of the academy shall be the city of Des 
Moines, in the state of Iowa. 
The capital stock of the corporation is none. 
The par value of its shares is none. 
The number of its shares is none. 
ARTICLE V. 
The academy shall hold an annual meeting in the last week of Decem- 
ber, of each year, or upon call of the executive committee, and such other 
meetings as may be arranged for. 
ARTICLE VI. 
This corporation shall have the right to acquire property, real and per- 
sonal, by purchase, gift or exchange, and such property shall be held sub- 
ject to the action of the majority of its fellows, or the council, the execu- 
tive committee, or such parties as it may by vote direct to transact such 
business in accordance with the constitution. 
All deeds, leases, contracts, conveyances and agreements, and all releases 
of mortgages, satisfactions of judgments, and other obligations, shall be 
