Constitution of the Iowa Academy of Sciences. 
Section 1. This organization shall be known as the Iowa Academy of 
Sciences. 
Sec. 2. The object of the Academy shall be the encouragement of 
scientific work in the state of Iowa. 
Sec. 3. The membership of the Academy shall consist of (1), fellows 
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 fellows, to be elected by vote from original workers 
in science in other states; also, any fellow removing to another state from 
this may be classed as a corresponding fellow. Nomination by the council 
and assent of three-fourths of the fellows present at any annual meeting 
shall be necessary to election. 
Sec. 4. An entrance fee of $3 shall be required of each fellow, and an 
annual fee of $1, due at each annual meeting after his election. Fellows in 
arrears for two years, and failing to respond to notification from the 
treasurer, shall be dropped from the academy roll. 
Sec. 5. (a) The officers of the academy shall be a president, two vice- 
presidents, secretary and a treasurer, to be elected at the annual meeting. 
Their duties shall be such as ordinarily devolve upon these officers. {6) The 
charter members of the academy shall constitute the council, together with 
such other fellows 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 fellows, to elect members of the council, fix 
time and place of meetings, to select papers for publication in the proceed- 
ings, and have control of all meetings not provided for in general session* 
It may, by vote, delegate any or all of these powers, except the election of 
members of the council, to an executive committee, consisting of the 
officers and of three other fellows, to be elected by the council. 
Sec. 6. The academy shall hold an annual meeting in Des Moines dur- 
ing the week that the State Teachers’ association is in session. Other meet- 
ings may be called by the council at times and places deemed advisable. 
Sec. 7. All papers presented shall be the result of original investiga- 
tion, but the council may arrange for public lectures or addresses on scien- 
tific subjects. 
Sec. 8. The secretary 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 and date of publication; 
also the full text of such papers as may be designated by the council. If 
