i STATUTES OF THE 
on removing within the State, shall be admitted to the privileges, and be subject to the obliga- 
tions, of Resident Fellows. The number of Associate Fellows shall not exceed one hundred, of 
whom there shall not be more than forty in either of the three classes of the Academy. 
4. The number of Foreign Honorary Members shall not exceed seventy-five; and they shall 
be chosen from among persons most eminent in foreign countries for their discoveries and 
attainments in either of the three departments of knowledge above enumerated. And there 
shall not be more than thirty Foreign Members in either of these departments. 
CHAPTER II. 
Or OFFICERS. 
1. There shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording 
Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian, which officers shall be annually elected, by written 
votes, at the Annual Meeting, on the day next preceding the last Wednesday in May. 
2. At the same time and in the same manner, nine Councillors shall be elected, three from 
each Class of the Academy, who, with the President, Vice-President, and the two Secretaries, 
shall constitute a Council for Nomination. It shall also be the duty of this Council to exercise 
a discreet supervision over all nominations and elections, and to exert their influence to obtain 
and preserve a due proportion in the number of Fellows and Members in each of the Sections. 
3. If any office shall become vacant during the year, the vacancy shall be filled by a new 
election, and at the next stated meeting. 
CHAPTER III. 
Or THE PRESIDENT. 
1. It shall be the duty of the President, and, in his absence, of the Vice-President or next 
officer in order, as above enumerated, to preside at the meetings of the Academy ; to summon 
extraordinary meetings, upon any urgent occasion; and to execute or see to the execution of 
the Statutes of the Academy. 
2. The President, or, in his absence, the next officer as above enumerated, is empowered 
to draw upon the Treasurer for such sums of money as the Academy shall direct. Bills 
presented on account of the Library, or the publications of the Academy, must be previously 
approved by the respective committees on these departments. 
