By-Laws

SEC 1 The membership of the Institute shall comprise seven classes, namely 1 Members, 2 Honorary Members, 3 Senior Members, 4 Associates, 5 Junior Members, 6 Rocky Mountain Members, 7 Junior Foreign Affiliates All shall be equally entitled to the privileges of membership, excepting that no member of any class whose residence shall be outside of the United States of America, except those residing in Mexico and Canada, shall be entitled to vote SEC 2 Members A person to be eligible for election or transfer into the class of Member must be at least 27 years of age and must have had at least six years' employment in the practice of engineering, mining, geology, metallurgy, or chemistry, during at least three years of which he must have held positions of responsibility in one or more of these fields This shall not apply to Rocky Mountain Members SEC 3 Honorary Members Each candidate for Honorary Membership must be recommended by the Committee on Honorary Memberships and must be elected by ballot at a meeting of the Board of Directors by the unanimous vote of the Directors present, provided, however, that the number of Honorary Members shall at no time exceed twenty Such election shall automatically act as a transfer of such member from any other class of membership to which he may belong SEC 4 Senior Members The Directors may, at the special request of any Member or Associate who has reached the age of seventy years and who has paid