Resolutions Relating to the Academy. 
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LOCAL AND AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 
[By the Academy, December 28, 1881, Yol. YI, p. 346-1 
Resolved, That the Academy favors and will foster to the best of its 
ability the establishment of local literary and scientific societies 
throughout 'the state. 
[By the Academy, December 30, 1884, Yol. YII, p. 261.1 
Any local scientific or literary society may apply for affiliation with 
the Academy, submitting its constitution, etc., to the inspection and 
approval of the Academy. If affiliated, it may propose for member¬ 
ship in the Academy such of its members as it shall select. These per¬ 
sons shall be considered as nominated for membership in the Academy, 
and if elected, shall be entitled to all privileges of regular members. 
The society shall pay to the Academy one-half of the regular annual 
dues of the Academy for each person so elected, and shall be entitled 
to as many copies of future volumes of the transactions of the Acad¬ 
emy as it contains members of the Academy. In case of the discon¬ 
tinuance of a local society, these persons may continue as members 
of the Academy on payment of the regular dues. 
A list of the officers, and the names of the members, and a copy of 
the minutes of the meetings of affiliated societies shall be forwarded 
to the Academy, and the whole or such portion as the council shall 
think best shall be published in the report of the transactions of the 
Academy. 
COLLECTION OF FOSSILS. 
[.By the Academy, December 29, 1892, Yol. IX, p. vii.1 
Resolved, That the general collection of fossils which were given to 
the Academy by the Wisconsin Geological Survey in 1879 may be dis¬ 
tributed with the collections of the University of Wisconsin, but so 
labeled as to indicate that they are the property of the Academy; but 
that the collection of type specimens is to be kept separate from the 
others, and not to be included in the general University collection. 
FEES OF LIFE MEMBERS. 
[By the Academy, July 19, 1870, Yol. I, p. 187.1 
Resolved, That the fees from members for life be set apart as a perma¬ 
nent endowment fund to be invested in Wisconsin state bonds, or other 
equally safe securities, and that the proceeds of said fund, only, be used 
for the general purposes of the Academy. 
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