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8. The President, or, in his absence, the next officer as above enumerated, shall nominate 
members to serve on the different committees of the Academy which are not chosen by ballot. 
4. Any deed or writing, to which the common seal is to be affixed, shall be signed and 
sealed by the President, when thereto authorized by the Academy. 
CHAPTER IV. 
Or STANDING COMMITTEES. 
1. At the Annual Meeting there shall be chosen the following Standing Committees, to 
serve for the year ensuing, viz. :— 
2. The Committee of Finance, to consist of the President, Treasurer, and one Fellow chosen 
by ballot, who shall have charge of the investment and management of the funds and trusts 
of the Academy. The general appropriations for the expenditures of the Academy shall be 
moved by this Committee at the Annual Meeting, and all special appropriations from the 
general and publication funds shall be referred to or proposed by this Committee. 
3. The Rumford Committee, of seven Fellows, to be chosen by ballot, who shall consider 
and report on all applications and claims for the Rumford Premium, also on all appropriations 
from the income of the Rumford Fund, and generally see to the due and proper execution 
of this trust. : ; E 
4. The Committee of Publication, of three Fellows, to whom all memoirs submitted to the 
Academy shall be referred, and to whom the printing of memoirs accepted for publication shall 
be intrusted. 
5. The Committee on the Library, of three Fellows, who shall examine the Library, and 
make an annual report on its condition and management. 
6. An Auditing Committee, of two Fellows, for auditing the accounts of the Treasurer. 
CHAPTER V. 
Or THE SECRETARIES. 
1. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Academy, recording 
or making an entry of all letters written in its name, and preserving on file all letters which are 
