CONSTITUTION 
OF 
THE MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.* 
ARTICLE I. 
This Society shall be known as “The Michigan Academy of Science.” 
ARTICLE II: Objects. 
The objects of this Academy shall be scientific research and the diffusion of 
knowledge concerning the various departments of science. 
ARTICLE III: Membership. 
The Academy shall be composed of Resident Members, Corresponding Members, 
Honorary Members and Patrons. 
1. Resident Members shall be persons who are interested in scientific work 
and resident in the State of Michigan. 
2. Corresponding Members shall be persons interested in science, and not resi¬ 
dent in the State of Michigan. 
3. Honorary Members shall be persons distinguished for their attainments 
in science, and not resident in the State of Michigan, and shall not exceed twenty- 
five in number. 
4. Patrons shall be persons who have bestowed important favors upon the 
Academy, as defined in Chapter I, Paragraph 4 of the By-Laws. 
5. Resident Members alone shall be entitled to vote and hold office in the 
Academy. 
ARTICLE IV: Officers. 
1. The officers of the Academy shall consist of a President, a Vice President 
of each Section that may be organized, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. 
These officers and all past presidents shall constitute an Executive Committee, 
which shall be called the Council. 
2. The President shall discharge the usual duties of a presiding officer at all 
meetings of the Academy, and of the Council. He shall take cognizance of the 
acts of the Academy and of its officers, and cause the provisions of the Constitu¬ 
tion and By-Laws to be faithfully carried into effect. He shall also give an 
address to the Academy at the closing meeting of the year for which he is elected. 
3. The duties of the President in case of his absence or disability shall be 
assumed by one of the Vice Presidents who shall be designated by the Council. 
The Vice Presidents shall be chairmen of their respective Sections. They shall 
encourage and direct research in the special branches of science included within 
the Sections over which they preside. 
4. The Secretary shall keep the records of the proceedings of the Academy, 
and a complete list of the members, with the dates of their election and discon¬ 
nection with the Academy. He shall also be the Secretary of the Council. 
The Secretary shall co-operate with the President in attending to the ordinary 
affairs of the Society. He shall attend to- the preparations, printing and mailing 
of circulars, blanks, and notifications of elections and meetings. He shall super¬ 
intend other printing ordered by the Academy, or by the President, and shall 
have charge of its distribution under the direction of the Council. 
* The history of the Academy will be found in full in the First Annual Report. 
