CONSTITUTION OF THE ’ACADEMY 
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Fellows and associates in arrears for two years and 
failing to respond to notification from the treasurer 
shall be dropped from the Academy roll. 
Fellows and associates who desire to avail themselves 
of joint membership in the Academy and the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science shall pay 
to the treasurer of the Academy $5.00 annually^ $4.00 of 
which sum shall be transniitted by the treasurer to the 
American Association for the Advancement of Science. 
For life fellows of the Academy the joint fee shall be 
$4.00 annually. 
The fiscal year of the Academy shall end September 
thirtieth. 
Sec. 5. O'fficers—Tht officers of the Academy shall be a presi- 
dent, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer. These 
officers shall be elected at the annual meeting from the 
fellows in good standing. Their duties shall be such as 
ordinarily devolve upon these officers. They together 
with the presidents of the sections of the Academy shall 
constitute the executive committee. 
The executive committee shall have the authority to 
fix the time and place of meetings and to transact such 
other business as may need attention between the meet- 
ings of the Academy. It may elect to associate member- 
ship such persons as may be nominated in the interval 
between annual meetings. 
Sec. 6. Papers.— AW papers presented to the Academy and of- 
fered for publication in its Proceedings shall be the re- 
sult of original investigation. The executive committee 
may arrange for public lectures or addresses on scien- 
tific subjects. 
Papers from non-members will be accepted for pres- 
entation before the Academy and for publication in its 
Proceedings only upon vote of the executive committee. 
Sec. 7. Proceedings . — The secretary shall each year publish the 
Proceedings of the Academy in the form prescribed by 
law. These Proceedings shall include the minutes of all 
meetings held during the year together with such other 
matter as is deemed of importance, and such of the pa- 
pers presented to the Academy as are ofifered and accept- 
ed for publication. 
Sec. 8. Amendments . — This constitution may be amended or re- 
