Resolutions. 
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Fees of Life Members. 
[By the Academy, July 19, 1870.] 
Resolved, That the fees from members for life be set apart as a per¬ 
manent 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. 
Annual Dues. 
[By the Academy, December 29, 1892.] 
Resolved, That the secretary and treasurer be instructed to strike 
from the list of active members of the Academy the names of all who 
are in arrears in the payment of annual dues, except in those cases 
where, in their judgment, it is desirable to retain such members for a 
longer time. 
Arrears of Annual Dues. 
[By the Council, December 29, 1897.] 
Resolved, That the treasurer be requested to send out the notices of 
annual dues as soon as possible after each annual meeting and to ex¬ 
tend the notice to the second or third time within a period of four 
months where required. 
Secretary’s Allowance. 
[By the Academy, December 27, 1902.] 
Resolved, That the Academy hereby appropriates the sum of seventy- 
five dollars per annum as an allowance for secretary’s expenses, for 
which a single voucher shall be required. 
Secretary’s Allowance. 
[By the Council, April 5, 1912.] 
Resolved, That the Academy appropriates the sum of two hundred 
dollars per annum for the secretary-treasurer’s allowance. 
Election of Mrs. Lucius Fairchild as Honorary Member. 
[By the Council, April 12, 1918.] 
Resolved, That because of the honorable and leading part that was 
played by the late General Fairchild in the founding of this Academy, 
his widow, Mrs. Lucius Fairchild, of Madison, be voted an honorary 
member of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
