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Amendment of ACS Constitution and Bylaws The agenda for the Council meeting in Chicago contains proposals for twelve amendments to the ACS Constitution and Bylaws. They have been considered by the Standing Committee on Constitution and Bylaws and favorable action is recommended.
What is done at meetings is reported orally to CPC and Council. This is written up and is printed with the minutes in C&EN. This amendment is proposed to avoid needless "paper work" by the chairmen and secretaries of the committees.
Deletion of Provision for Honorary Members
Disposition of Assets on Dissolution of Local Sections and Divisions
Fourteen councilors have petitioned that the Constitution, Article IV be amended by deletion of Section 1 ( b ) , which reads as follows: (b) The membership of the SOCIETY
also shall include any HONORARY MEMBERS elected before April 9, 1951.
Fifteen councilors have petitioned for the following amendments to the Bylaws of the ACS: To Bylaw VII, add a new Sec. 14, as follows:
Section 1(a) would then become Section 1. Explanation. There are no longer any honorary members of the Society, and the present governing documents do not provide for this class of membership. Therefore this paragraph is no longer needed.
Bylaws of each Local Section shall provide that, upon the dissolution of the Local Section and the discharge of its debts and the settlement of its affairs, any funds and property of the Local Section remaining thereafter shall be used for the advancement of chemistry in the area covered by the Local Section, and that in the event this procedure is not practicable or there still remain unexpended funds, such funds shall be conveyed to the SOCIETY for the general purposes of the SOCIETY.
Standing Committee Reports
To Bylaw VIII, add a new Sec. 7, as follows:
Article VII, Sec. 3 ( c ) of the Constitution now reads as follows: The Council shall provide for such Standing Committees, composed wholly of voting Councilors, as it deems necessary to explore all problems in which the Council has an interest. Each of such Standing Committees shall file its report with the Council Policy Committee sufficiently in advance of each Council meeting to permit the inclusion thereof on the agenda. Fifteen councilors have petitioned that Article VII, Sec. 3 ( c ) be amended by deleting the second sentence and substituting the following: Each of such Standing Committees shall report to the Council "Policy Committee and to the Council at each meeting of such bodies, and a comprehensive summary or full report of its activities shall be made a part of the printed record. Explanation. While Council standing committees by correspondence and through subcommittees conduct work between national meetings, seldom is anything finalized by ad interim action. Therefore, the written reports which appear in agenda seem to be only a gesture to comply with the present Constitutional requirement.
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Bylaws of each Division shall provide that, upon the dissolution of the Division and the discharge of its debts and the settlement of its affairs, any funds and property of the Division remaining thereafter shall be used for the advancement of chemistry in the field covered by the Division, and that in the event this procedure is not practicable or there still remain unexpended funds, such funds shall be conveyed to the SOCIETY for the general purposes of the SOCIETY.
Explanation. A recent decision of the Internal Revenue Service based upon changes in the law and regulations makes it necessary for each local section to have a provision such as the above in its bylaws in order to protect its status as a tax-exempt organization. The same law and regulations apply to divisions of the Society. The ACS Council at its March 1961 meeting accordingly approved the preparation of a petition to include this requirement in the proper places in the Society's Bylaws.
Journals Fund Twelve directors have petitioned that the first paragraph of Bylaw IX,
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Sec. 3 b e a m e n d e d by a d d i t i o n of t h e w o r d s " a n d a c c r u e d interest, divid e n d s , a n d capital gains t h e r e f r o m " "MEMBERS' payments." following W i t h this c h a n g e , this p a r a g r a p h will r e a d as follows ( a d d i t i o n in italics) : Membership dues shall be sixteen dollars ($16.00) per year, of which three dollars ($3.00) shall be for a subscription to the official organ of the SOCIETY and of which two dollars ( $2.00 ) shall be deposited in a special fund made up wholly of MEMBERS payments and accrued interest, dividends, and capital gains therefrom, from which fund allocations shall be made by the Board of Directors when necessary to supplement MEMBERS' subscription payments; the balance of the fund shall be used only to meet publishing deficits.
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Explanation, As w r i t t e n , this portion of Bylaw IX, Sec. 3 does not specifically state t h a t p r o c e e d s from t h e i n v e s t m e n t of this special fund shall b e c o n s i d e r e d as p a r t of t h e fund, r a t h e r t h a n as a d d i t i o n a l i n c o m e to t h e g e n e r a l funds of t h e Society. T h e p r o p o s e d a m e n d m e n t is i n t e n d e d to clarify this.
Changes in Annual Local Section Membership Count Twenty-five councilors h a v e petitioned for t h e following c h a n g e s in t h e A C S Constitution a n d Bylaws to c h a n g e t h e d a t e of t h e official c o u n t of local section m e m b e r s from D e c e m ber 1 to July 1: Article V I I , Section 1. ( a ) of t h e Constitution r e a d s as follows: The popular deliberative assembly of the SOCIETY shall be known as the Council, the membership of which shall be composed of the President, the President-Elect, the Directors, the Past Presidents, the Executive Secretary, Division representatives, and Local Section representatives, all of whom shall be known as voting Councilors. Each Division shall have two representatives on the Council and each Local Section shall have representation on the Council in proportion to its paid enrollment and as provided in the Bylaws. Alternates for Division Councilors and Local Section Councilors shall be selected as provided in the Bylaws. In addition to such duties as may be prescribed by the Constitution and the Bylaws of the SOCIETY, the Council shall act as an advisory body in matters pertaining to the general management of the SOCIETY.
In t h e second s e n t e n c e of Article VII, Section 1. ( a ) , d e l e t e t h e w o r d "paid." Article XIV, Sec. 3 of t h e Constitution n o w r e a d s as follows: There shall be an apportionment of funds to Local Sections upon a sliding scale based upon the total paid mem-
bership of each as of December 1 of the preceding year, as follows: 1. Each Section, irrespective of size, shall receive an allotment of $200 per year. 2. Each Section having not more than 300 members, in addition to said allot ment of $200 per year, shall receive $2.75 per member for each member en rolled therein. 3. Each Section having more than 300 members, in addition to said allotment of $200 per year, shall receive $2.75 per member for each member enrolled therein not to exceed 300 members, and $2.25 per member for each member en rolled therein in excess of 300 members.
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Article XIV, Sec. 4 of t h e Constitu tion n o w r e a d s as follows: The allotment to a Local Section established during a fiscal year shall be based on the enumeration of the mem bership when established and funds may be drawn in proportion to the fraction of the fiscal year remaining. Revise t h e p r e s e n t first s e n t e n c e a n d add a second s e n t e n c e , so t h a t Article XIV, Sec. 4 r e a d s as follows: The allotment to a Local Section established during the SOCIETY'S fiscal year shall be based on the enumeration of the membership when established and funds may be drawn in proportion to the fraction of the fiscal year remaining. A Local Section established after July 1 in any year, or at any time in 1961, shall receive funds for the following fiscal year also based upon the enumeration of membership when established. Bylaw I I I , Section reads as follows:
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The number of Councilors represent ing each Local Section for the ensuing calendar year shall be determined not later than December 15 of each year by allocating one Councilor for each whole number and fraction in the quo tient obtained by dividing the number of members in each Local Section, as shown by the official count of December 1, by a constant which, when the fore going calculation is made for all Local Sections, will provide the total number of Local Section Councilors required in Sec. 1 ( a ) ( 1 ) of this Bylaw, said con stant to be fixed prior to December 1 of each year by the Council Policy Com mittee. Revise Bylaw I I I , Section to r e a d as follows:
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The number of Councilors representing each Local Section for the ensuing cal endar year shall be determined by allocating one Councilor for each whole
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