STATUTES AND STANDING VOTES 



OF THE 



AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



(^Adopted May 30, 1854 : amended September 8, 1857, November 12, 



1862, May 24, 1864, November 9, 1870, May 27, 1873, 



January 26, 1876, and June 16, 1886.) 



CHAPTER I. 

 Of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members. 



1. The Academy consists of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Mem- 

 bers. 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 Sci- 

 ences. Each Class is divided into four Sections, viz. : Class I., Sec- 

 tion 1. Mathematics; — Section 2. Practical Astronomy and Geodesy; 

 — Section 3. Physics and Chemistry ; — Section 4. Technology and 

 Engineering. Class II., Section 1. Geology, Mineralogy, and Physics 

 of the Globe; — Section 2. Botany; — Section 3. Zoology and Physi- 

 ology; — Section 4. Medicine and Surgery, Class III., Section 1. 

 Philosophy and Jurisprudence ; — Section 2. Philology and Archae- 

 ology ; — 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 ten dollars on admission, and an annual assessment of ten 

 dollars, with such additional sum, not exceeding five 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 on removing 



* The number of Resident Fellows is limited by the Charter to 200. 



