xiv Wisconsin Academy of Sciences , Arts and Letters. 
5th. The Department of Letters — 
Embracing: 
Language; 
Literature; 
Criticism; 
History. 
Section 4. Any branch of these Departments may be constituted a 
section; and any section or group of sections may be expanded into a 
full department, whenever such expansion shall be deemed important. 
Section 5. Any existing society or institution may be constituted a 
Department, on terms approved by two-thirds of the voting members 
present at two successive regular meetings of the Academy. 
SPECIAL OBJECTS OF THE DEPABTMENTS. 
Section 6. The specific objects of the Department of Science shall 
be: 
1. General Scientific Research. 
2. A progressive and thorough Scientific Survey of the State, under 
the direction of the Officers of the Academy. 
3. The formation of a Scientific Museum. 
4. The Diffusion of Knowledge by the publication of Original Con¬ 
tributions to Science. 
The objects of the Department of Arts shall be: 
1. The Advancement of the Useful Arts, through the Applications of 
Science and the Encouragement of Original Invention. 
2. The Encouragement of the Fine Arts and the Improvement of the 
Public Taste, by means of Honors and* Prizes awarded to Works of 
Superior merit, by Original Contributions to Art, and the formation of 
an Art Museum. 
The object of the Department of Letters, shall be: 
1. The Encouragement of Philological and Historical Research. 
2. The Improvement of the English Language. 
3. The Collection and Preservation of Historic Records. 
4. The Formation of a General Library. 
MEMBEBSHIP. 
Section 7. The Academy shall embrace four classes of governing 
members who shall be admitted by vote of the Academy, in the man¬ 
ner to be prescribed in the By-Laws: 
1st. Annual Members, who shall pay an initiation fee of five dollars, 
and thereafter an annual fee of two dollars. 
2d. Members for Life, who shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars. 
