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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 Coun- 
cil 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 general 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 direc- 
tion 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 promotion 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 
of 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 Lo- 
cal 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. 
