MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
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attendance shall constitute a quorum. Four members shall constitute a quorum 
of the Council. 
ARTICLE VII: Publications. 
The publications of the Academy shall be under the immediate control of the 
Council, but the Council shall accord to each author the right, under proper re¬ 
strictions, to publish through whatever channel he may choose. 
ARTICLE VIII: Sections. 
1. Members not less than eight in number may by special permission of the 
Academy unite to form a Section for the investigation of any branch of science. 
Each Section shall bear the name of the science which it represents, thus: The 
Section of (Agriculture) of The Michigan Academy of Science. 
2. Each Section is empowered to perfect its own organization as limited by the 
Constitution and By-Laws of the Academy. 
ARTICLE IX: Amendments. 
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This Constitution may be amended at any Winter [Annual] meeting by a three- 
fourths vote of all the Resident Members present. 
BY-LAWS. 
CHAPTER I : Membership. 
1. No person shall be accepted as a Resident Member unless he pay the dues 
for the year, within three months after notification of his election. The annual 
dues shall be one (1) dollar, payable on or before the annual meeting in advance; 
but a single pre-payment of twenty-five (25) dollars shall be accepted as commu¬ 
tation for life. . , , , , , 
2. The sums paid in commutation of dues shall be invested, and the interest 
used for the ordinary purposes of the Academy during the payer’s life, but after 
his death the sum shall be covered into the Research Fund. 
3. An arrearage in payment of annual dues shall deprive a Resident Member 
of the privilege of taking part in the management of the Academy and of receiv¬ 
ing the publications of the Academy. An arrearage continuing over two (2) 
years shall be construed as notification of withdrawal. 
4. Any person eligible under Article III of the Constitution, may be elected 
Patron upon the payment of one hundred (100) dollars to the Research Fund of 
the Academy. 
CHAPTER II: Officals. 
1. The President shall countersign, if he approves, all duly authorized ac¬ 
counts and orders drawn on the Treasurer for the disbursement of money. 
2. The Secretary, until otherwise ordered by the Academy, shall perform the 
duties of Editor, Librarian, and Custodian of the property of the Society. 
3 The Academy may elect an Assistant Secretary. 
4 The Treasurer shall give bonds, with two good sureties approved by the 
Council in the sum of five hundred dollars, for the faithful and honest perform¬ 
ance of’ his duties, and the safe-keeping of the funds of the Academy. He may 
deposit the funds in bank at his discretion, but shall not invent them without the 
authority of the Council. His accounts shall be balanced on the first day of the 
Annual Meeting of each year. , . , , .. . 
5. The minutes of the proceedings of the Council shall be subject to call by 
the Academy. 
CHAPTER III: Election of Members. 
1. Nominations for Resident Membership may be proposed at any time on 
blanks to be supplied by the Secretary. 
2. The form for the nomination of Resident Members shall be as follows. 
