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and time of all meetings, of all nominations for membership, and of all proposed 
amendments to the Constitution. 
The minutes of each meeting shall be duly engrossed before the next meeting, 
under the direction of the Secretary. 
Sec. 5. The Treasurer shall attend to all receipts and disbursements of the 
Academy, giving such bond and furnishing such vouchers as the Council may 
require. He shall collect all dues from the members, and keep a set of books 
showing a full account of receipts and disbursements. He shall present a gen- 
eral report at the June session of each year. 
Article V. — Meetings. 
Section 1 . There shall be two formal meetings of the Academy each year, 
one of which shall be held in June, at Austin, and the other within Christmas 
week at any place selected by the Council. 
;Sec. 2. The ordinary meetings of the Academy shall be at Austin during the 
months of October, November, January, February, March, April, and May, the 
place and dates to be fixed by the Council. 
Sec. 3. The meetings of the Local Sections may be provided for in the “rules 
for their government.” 
Article VI. — Papers. 
Section 1 . Intimation of the business of each meeting shall be given to each 
member by means of a printed card. 
■Sec. 2. No title of a paper can appear on the card before the paper itself, 
or an abstract of it, has been approved by the Council or the Secretary. 
Sec. 3. 'The Academy may provide for the publication, under the direction of 
the Council, of proceedings, memoirs, and reports. 
Sec. 4. The advice of the Academy shall be at all times at the disposal of the 
State government upon any matter of science or art within its scope. 
Article VII. — Assessments. 
Section 1 . The admission fee for a Member shall be two dollars, and the 
admission fee for a Fellow five dollars, or an additional three dollars on promo- 
tion to Fellowship. 
Sec. 2. The annual assessment shall be one dollar. 
Article VIII. — Alteration of the Constitution. 
Section 1 . No part of this Constitution shall be amended or annulled, except 
after notice given at a formal meeting, and approval by two-thirds if those voting 
at the succeeding formal meeting. 
Article IX. — Local Sections. 
Section 1. Local Sections of the Academy may be established by the Council 
on receipt of a request to do so signed by ten members of the Academy in good 
standing residing in the territory within, which the Local Section is desired. 
Sec. 2. Such Sections shall appoint their own officers and committees, and 
may make any rules for their government not inconsistent with the Constitution 
and By-Laws of the Academy. 
Sec. 3. The place of headquarters and definite territory selected by each Local 
Section within which its membership must reside will be subject to the approval 
