SECRETARY. ASSIST. SEC'Y. TREASURER. MEETINGS AND OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGISTS AND NATURALISTS. Edward Hitchcock,* C. T. Jackson,* Wm. B. Rogers,t *Deceased. †Professor ROGERS, as chairman of this last meeting, called the first meeting of the new Association to order and presided until it was fully organized by the adoption of a constitution. As he was thus the first presiding officer of the new Association, it was directed at the Hartford meeting that his name be placed at the head of the Past Presidents of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. MEETINGS AND OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. A. D. Bache,* Sept. 20, 1848, Philadelphia, Pa., W. C. Redfield,* MEETING. DATE. TLACE. PRESIDENT. A. D. Bache,* 2 Aug. 5, 1868, 18th Aug. 18, 1869, Salem, Mass., J. W. Foster,* Aug. 16, 1871, Indianapolis, Ind.. 1. In place of Jeffries Wyman, not present. Alexis Caswell,* 9 F. A. P. Barnard, J. Lawrence Smith, 7. In place of J. D. Dana, not present. William Chauvenet, Joseph Lovering, Joseph Lovering, A. L. Elwyn. W. S. Vaux.t CHAIRMAN OF CHAIRMAN OF MEETINGS AND OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION (Continued). J. W. Dawson, S. W. Johnson, F. W. Clarke, H. A. Newton, 24th Aug. 11, 1875. Detroit, Mich., J. E. Hilgard, 25th Aug. 23, 1876. 26th 27th Aug. 29, 1877. Aug. 21, 1878. Buffalo, N. Y., W. B. Rogers, IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE "AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1. Joseph Henry of Washington, Benjamin Pierce of Cambridge, James D. Dana of New Haven, James Hall of Albany, Alexis Caswell of Providence, Stephen Alexander of Princeton, Isaac Lea of Philadelphia, F. A. P. Barnard of New York, John S. Newberry of Cleveland, B. A. Gould of Cambridge, T. Sterry Hunt of Boston, Asa Gray of Cambridge, J. Lawrence Smith of Louisville, Joseph Lovering of Cambridge and John LeConte of Philadelphia, their associates, the officers and members of the Association, known as the "American Association for the Advancement of Science," and their successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the "American Association for the Advancement of Science," for the purpose of receiving, purchasing, holding and conveying real and personal property, which it now is, or hereafter may be possessed of, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to the restrictions, duties and liabilities set forth in the general laws which now or hereafter may be in force and applicable to such corporations. SECTION 2. Said corporation may have and hold by purchase, grant, gift or otherwise, real estate not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in value, and personal estate of the value of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. SECTION 3. Any two of the corporators above named are hereby authorized to call the first meeting of the said corporation in the month of August next ensuing, by notice thereof "by mail," to each member of the said Association. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 10, 1874. CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.* Incorporated by Act of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. OBJECTS. ARTICLE 1. The objects of the Association are, by periodical and migratory meetings, to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science in different parts of America, to give a stronger and more general impulse and more systematic direction to scientific research, and to procure for the labors of scientific men increased facilities and a wider usefulness. MEMBERS, FELLOWS, PATRONS AND HONORARY FELLOWS. ART. 2. The Association shall consist of Members, Fellows, Patrons, and Honorary Fellows. ART. 3. Any person may become a Member of the Association upon recommendation in writing by two members or fellows, nomination by the Standing Committee, and election by a majority of the members and fellows present in General Session. ART. 4. Fellows shall be nominated by the Standing Committee from such of the members as are professionally engaged in science, or have by their labors aided in advancing science. The election of fellows shall be by ballot and a majority vote of the members and fellows present in General Session.† ART. 5. Any person paying to the Association the sum of one thousand dollars shall be classed as a Patron, and shall be entitled to all the privileges of a member and to all its publications. ART. 6. Honorary Fellows of the Association, not exceeding three for each section, may be elected; the nominations to be made by the Stand As amended at the Cincinnati Meeting, August, 1881, and to take effect at the Montreal Meeting, August, 1882. When this article was adopted in 1874 the following clause was added, but was stricken out as inoperative when the constitution was amended in 1881 : "But all persons who may be members at the time of the adoption of this constitu tion may become fellows by signifying their desire to this effect before the first day of August, 1875." |