STATUTES 
AND 
STANDING VOTES 
OF THE 
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 
"d " : 
(Adopted May 30, 1854: amended September 8, 1857, and November 12, 1862.) 
CHAPTER I. 
Or FELLOWS AND Foreign Honorary MEMBERS. 
* 1. Tae Academy consists of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members. They are arranged 
in three classes, according to the Arts and Sciences in which they are severally proficient, viz. : 
Class I. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Class II. The Natural and Physiological 
Sciences; Class III. The Moral and Political Sciences. Each Class is divided into four Sec- 
tions, viz.: Class I. Section 1. Mathematics; Section 2. Practical Astronomy and Geodesy ; 
Section 9. Physics and Chemistry ; Section 4. Technology and Engineering. Class II. Sec- 
tion 1. Geology, Mineralogy, and Physics of the Globe; Section 2. Botany ; Section 8. Zoólogy 
and Physiology ; Section 4. Medicine and Surgery. Class III. Section 1. Philosophy and Juris- 
prudence; Section 2. Philology and Archeology; Section 3. Political Economy and History ; 
Section 4. Literature and the Fine Arts. 
2. Fellows resident in the State of Massachusetts can alone vote at the meetings of the 
Academy.* They shall each pay to the Treasurer the sum of five dollars on admission, and 
an annual assessment of two dollars, with such additional sum, not exceeding three dollars, 
as the Academy shall, by a standing vote, from time to time determine. 
3. Fellows residing out of the State of Massachusetts shall be known and distinguished as 
Associate Fellows. They shall not be liable to the payment of any fees or annual dues, but, 
* The number of Resident Fellows is limited by the Charter to 200. 
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