550 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



A report from the Council shall be submitted to the Academy, for 

 action, at the March meeting, recommending the appropriation which 

 in the opinion of the Coiuicil should be made. 



On the recommendation of the Council, special appropriations may 

 be made at any Stated Meeting of the Academy, or at a Special Meet- 

 ing called for the purpose. 



See Chap. x. art. 3. 



Article 7. After the death of a Fellow or Foreign Honorary 

 Member, it shall appoint a member of the Academy to prepare a bio- 

 graphical notice for publication in the Proceedings. 



Article 8. It shall report at every meeting of the Academy such 

 business as it may deem advisable to present. 



See Chap. ii. art. 4, 5, 8; chap, iv, art. 1, 2; chap. vi. art. 1; chap, vii, 

 art. 1; chap. xi. art. 1, 4. 



CHAPTER X. 



Standing Committees 



Article 1. The Class Committee of each Class shall consist of the 

 Vice-President, who shall be chairman, and the four Councillors of the 

 Class, together with such other officer or officers annually elected as 

 may belong to the Class. It shall consider nominations to Fellowship 

 in its own Class, and report in writing to the Council such as may 

 receive at a Class Committee Meeting a majority of the votes cast, 

 provided at least three shall have been in the affirmative. 



See Chap. iii. art. 2. 



Article 2. At the Annual Meeting the following Standing Com- 

 mittees shall be elected by ballot to serve for the ensuing year : 



(i) The Committee on Finance, to consist of three Fellows, who, 

 through the Treasurer, shall have full control and management of the 

 funds and trusts of the Academy, with the power of investing the funds 

 and of changing the investments thereof in their discretion. 



See Chap. iv. art. 3; chap. vii. art. 1, 4; chap. ix. art. 6. 



(ii) The Rumford Committee, to consist of seven Fellows, who shall 

 report to the Academy on all applications and claims for the 



