OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 547 



in writing, or, if a Fellow resident within fifty miles of Boston shall 

 neglect to pay his Admission Fee, his election shall be void; and if 

 any Fellow resident within fifty miles of Boston or any Resident 

 Associate shall neglect to pay his Annual Dues for six months after 

 they are due, provided his attention shall have been called to this 

 Article of the Statutes in the meantime, he shall cease to be a Fellow 

 or Resident Associate respectively; but the Council may suspend the 

 provisions of this Article for a reasonable time. 



With the previous consent of the Council, the Treasurer may dis- 

 pense {sub silentio) with the payment of the Admission Fee or of the 

 Annual Dues or both whenever he shall deem it advisable. In the case 

 of officers of the Army or Navy who are out of the Commonwealth on 

 duty, payment of the Annual Dues may be waived during such absence 

 if continued during the whole financial year and if notification of such 

 expected absence be sent to the Treasurer. Upon similar notification 

 to the Treasurer, similar exemption may be accorded to Fellows or 

 Resident Associates subject to Annual Dues, who may temporarily 

 remove their residence for at least two years to a place more than fifty 

 miles from Boston. 



If any person elected a Foreign Honorary Member shall neglect for 

 six months after being notified of his election to accept in writing, 

 his election shall be void. 



See Chap. vii. art. 2. 



Article 5. Every Fellow resident within fifty miles of Boston 

 hereafter elected shall pay an Admission Fee of Ten dollars. 



Every Fellow resident within fifty miles of Boston shall, and others 

 may, pay such Annual Dues, not exceeding Fifteen dollars, as shall 

 be voted by the Academy at each Annual Meeting, when they shall 

 become due; but any Fellow or Resident Associate shall be exempt 

 from the annual payment if, at any time after his admission, he shall 

 pay into the treasury Two hundred dollars in addition to his previous 

 payments. 



All Commutations of the Annual Dues shall be and remain perma- 

 nently funded, the interest only to be used for current expenses. 



Any Fellow not previously subject to Annual Dues who takes up his 

 residence wilhin fifty miles of Boston, shall pay to the Treasurer within 

 three months thereafter Annual Dues for the current year, failing which 



