CONSTITUTION OF The American Political Science Association ARTICLE I. NAME. This Association shall be known as the American Political Science Association. ARTICLE II. The encouragement of the scientific study of Politics, Public Law, Administration, and Diplomacy. The Association as such will not assume a partisan position upon any question of practical politics, nor commit its members to any position thereupon. ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP. Any person may become a member of this Association upon payment of Three Dollars, and after the first year may continue such by paying an annual fee of Three Dollars. By a single payment of Fifty Dollars any person may become a life member, exempt from annual dues. Each member will be entitled to a copy of all the publications of the Association issued during his or her membership. ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS. The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, three VicePresidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall be elected annually, and of an Executive Council consisting ex-officio of the officers above mentioned and ten elected members, whose term of office shall be two years, except that of those selected at the first election, five shall serve for but one year. All officers shall be nominated by a Nomination Committee composed of five members appointed by the Executive Council, except that the officers for the first year shall be nominated by a committee of three to be appointed by the chairman of the meeting at which this Constitution is adopted. All officers shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the Association present at the meeting at which the elections are had. ARTICLE V. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. The President of this Association shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the Executive Council, and shall perform such other duties as the Executive Council may assign to him. In his absence his duties shall devolve successively upon the Vice-Presidents in the order of their election, upon the Secretary and the Treasurer. The Secretary shall keep the records of the Association and perform such other duties as the Executive Council may assign to him. The Treasurer shall receive and have the custody of the funds of the Association, subject to the rules of the Executive Council. The Executive Council shall have charge of the general interests of the Association, shall call regular and special meetings of the Association, appropriate money, appoint committees and their chairmen, with appropriate powers, and in general possess the governing power in the Association, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Constitution. The Executive Council shall have the power to fill vacancies in its membership occasioned by death, resignation or failure to elect, such appointees to hold office until the next annual election of officers. Five members shall constitute a quorum of the Executive Council, and a majority vote of those in attendance shall control its decisions. Ten members shall constitute a quorum of the Association and a majority vote of those members in attendance shall control its decisions. ARTICLE VI. RESOLUTIONS. All resolutions to which an objection shall be made shall be referred to the Executive Council for its approval before submission to the vote of the Association. ARTICLE VII. AMENDMENTS. Amendments to this Constitution shall be proposed by the Executive Council and adopted by a majority vote of the members present at any regular or special meeting of the Association. OFFICERS OF The American Political Science Association FOR THE YEAR 1906 PRESIDENT. ALBERT SHAW, New York City. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT. ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, Harvard University. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT. F. N. JUDSON, St. Louis, Mo. THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT. H. A. GARFIELD, Princeton University. SECRETARY AND TREASURER. W. W. WILLOUGHBY, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary and J. A. FAIRLIE, University of Michigan. J. A. WOODBURN, University of Indiana. OFFICERS OF The American Political Science Association FOR THE YEAR 1907 PRESIDENT. HON. FREDERICK N. JUDSON, St. Louis, Mo. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT. ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, Harvard University. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT. H. A. GARFIELD, Princeton University. THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT. PAUL S. REINSCH, University of Wisconsin. SECRETARY AND TREASURER. W. W. WILLOUGHBY, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary and J. A. FAIRLIE, University of Michigan. H. P. JUDSON, University of Chicago. J. H. LATANE, Washington and Lee University. A. L. LOWELL, Harvard University. B. F. SHAMBAUGH, University of Iowa. |