Constitution. 
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3d. Patrons, whose contributions shall not be less than five hun¬ 
dred dollars. 
4th. Founders, whose contributions shall not be less than the sum of 
one thousand dollars. 
Provision may also be made for the election of Honorary and Cor¬ 
responding Members, as may be directed in the By-Laws of the 
Academy. 
MANAGEMENT. 
Section 8. The management of the Academy shall be entrusted to a 
General Council; the immediate control of each Department to a De¬ 
partment Council. The General Council shall consist of the officers of 
the Academy, the officers of the Departments, the Governor and Lieu¬ 
tenant Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the 
President of the State University, the President and Secretary of the 
State Agricultural Society, the President and Secretary of the State 
Historical Society, Counselors ex officios, and three Counselors to be 
elected for each Department. The Department Councils shall consist of 
the President and Secretary of the Academy, the officers of the Depart¬ 
ment, and three Counselors to be chosen by the Department. 
OFFICERS. 
Section 9. The officers of the Academy shall be: a President, who 
shall be ex-officio President of each of the Departments; one Vice-Presi¬ 
dent for each Department; a General Secretary; a General Treasurer; a 
Director of the Museum, and a General Librarian. 
Section 10. The officers of each Department shall be a Vice-Presi¬ 
dent, who shall be ex-officio a Vice-president of the Academy; a Secre¬ 
tary and such other officers as may be created by the General Council. 
Section 11. The officers of the Academy and the Departments shall 
hold their respective offices for the term of three years and until their 
successors are elected. 
Section 12. The first election of officers under this Constitution shall 
be by its members at the first meeting of the Academy. 
Section 13. The duties of the officers and the mode of their election, 
after the first election, as likewise the frequency, place and date of all 
meetings, shall be prescribed by the By-Laws of the Academy, which 
shall be framed and adopted by the General Council. 
Section 14. No compensation shall be paid to any person whatever, 
and no expenses incurred for any person or object whatever, except 
under the authority of the Council. 
