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IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 
CONSTITUTION OP THE IOWA ACADEMY OP SCIENCE AS AMENDED 
TO 1912. 
Sec. 1. This organization shall be known as the Iowa Academy of Science. 
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 $3.00 shall be required from each fellow, and an 
annual fee of $1.00 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, (b) 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 proceedings, 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 three other 
fellows to be elected by the council. 
Sec. 6. The Academy shall hold an annual meeting in Des Moines during 
the week that the State Teachers’ Association is in session. Other meetings 
may be called by the council at times and places deemed advisable. 
Sec. 7. All papers presented shall be the result of original investigation, 
but the council may arrange for public lectures or addresses on scientific 
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 published elsewhere, 
the author shall, if practicable, publish in octavo form, and deposit separate with 
the secretary, to be permanently preserved in 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. 
