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The minutes of each meeting shall be duly engrossed before the next stated 
meeting under the direction of the home secretary. 
Sec. 5. The treasurer shall attend to all receipts and disbursements of the 
academy, giving such bond and furnishing such vouchers as the council may 
require. He shall collect all dues from members, and keep a set of books showing 
a full account of receipts and disbursements. He shall present a general report 
at the annual meeting. He shall be the custodian of the corporate seal of the 
academy. 
ARTICLE III.—OF THE MEETINGS 
Src. 1. The academy shall hold one stated meeting in each year, called the 
annual meeting, in the city of Washington, beginning on the third Tuesday in 
April, and another, called the autumn meeting, may be held at such place and 
time as the council shall determine. 
Special business meetings of the academy may be called, by order of eight 
members of the council, at such place and time as may be designated in the call. 
Special scientific meetings of the academy may be held at times and places to 
be designated by a majority of the council. 
Src. 2. The names of the members present at each session of a meeting shall be 
recorded in the minutes, and the members present at any session shall constitute 
a quorum for the transaction of business. 
Src. 3. Scientific sessions of the academy, unless otherwise ordered by a 
majority of the members present, shall be open to the public; sessions for the 
transaction of business shall be closed. 
Src. 4. Stated meetings of the council shall be held during the stated or special 
meetings of the academy. Special meetings of the council may be convened at the 
call of the president and two members of the council, or of four members of the 
council. 
Src. 5. No member who has not paid his dues shall take part in the business 
of the academy. 
ARTICLE IV.—OF ELECTIONS AND RESIGNATIONS 
Src. 1. All elections shall be by ballot, and each election shall be held sepa- 
rately unless otherwise ordered by this constitution. 
Src. 2. The time for holding an election of officers shall be fixed by the 
academy at least one day before the election is held. 
Src. 3. The election of the six members of the council shall be as follows: 
At the annual meeting in April, 1907, six members of the council to be 
elected, of whom two shall serve for three years, two for two years, and two for 
one year, their respective terms to be determined by lot. Each year thereafter 
the terms of two members shall expire, and their successors, to serve for three 
years, shall be elected at the annual meeting in each year. 
