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Article III .—Membership 
The Academy shall include four classes of members viz.: life members, 
honorary members, corresponding members, and active members, to be 
elected by ballot. 
1. Life members shall be elected on account of special services ren¬ 
dered the Academy. Life membership in the Academy may also be 
obtained by the payment of one hundred dollars and election by the 
Academy. Life members shall i>e allowed to vote and to hold office. 
2. Honorary members shall be elected by the Academy and shall be 
men who have rendered conspicuous services to science, arts or letters. 
3. Corresponding members shall be elected from those who have been 
active members of the Academy, but have removed from the state. By 
special vote of the Academy men of attainments in science or letters 
may be elected corresponding members. They shall have no vote in 
the meetings of the Academy. 
4. Active members shall be elected by the Academy or the council 
and shall enter upon membership on the payment of an initiation fee 
of two dollars which shall include the first annual assessment of one 
dollar. The annual assessment shall be omitted for the president, 
secretary, treasurer, and librarian during their term of office. 
Article IV.— Officers. 
The officers of the Academy shall be a president, a vice-president for 
each of the three departments, sciences, arts and letters, a secretary, a 
librarian, a treasurer, and a custodian. These officers shall be chosen 
by ballot, on recommendation of the committee on nomination of officers, 
by the Academy at an annual meeting and shall hold office for three 
years. Their duties shall be those usually performed by officers thus 
named in scientific societies. It shall be one of the duties of the president 
to prepare an address which shall be delivered before the Academy at 
the annual meeting at which his term of office expires. 
Article V.— Council. 
The council of the Academy shall be entrusted with the management 
of its affairs during the intervals between regular meetings, and shall 
consist of the president, the three vice-presidents, the secretary, the 
treasurer, the librarian, and the past presidents who retain their residence 
in Wisconsin. Three members of the council shall constitute a quorum 
for the transaction of business, provided the secretary and one of the 
presiding officers be included in the number. 
Article VI.— Committees. 
The standing committees of the Academy shall be a committee on 
publication, a library committee, and a committee on the nomination 
of members. These committees shall be elected at the annual meeting 
of the Academy in the same manner as the other officers of the Academy, 
and shall hold office for the same term. 
