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Draught of the proposed alterations of the Statutes and Standmg Votes. 



Statutes : in Chapter IV., amend Section 3, so that it shall read as 

 follows : — 



3. The Bum ford Committee, of jive Fellows, to he chosen by ballot ; 

 tcho 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. 



Chapter VII., as an additional section : — 



1". To all books in the library procured from the income of the Rum- 

 ford Fund, the Librarian shall cause a stamp or label to be ajffixed, ex- 

 pressing the fact that they were so procured. 



Additional Standing Vote proposed : — 



Boohs, publications, or apparatus shall be procured from the income 

 of the Rumford Fund only on the certificate of the Rumford Committee 

 that they, in their opinion, will best facilitate and encourage the 7nak- 

 ing of discoveries and improvements which may merit the Rumford 

 Premium. 



The above Report was accepted, and ordered to be printed 

 and distributed to the Fellows previous to the ensuing ad- 

 journed meeting, to be held on the 9th of September, proximo. 



Also the draught of the proposed Statutes and Standing 

 Vote was recommitted, with instructions to the Committee to 

 report a draught of such other alterations of the Statutes 

 as, in view of the adoption of those now proposed, may 

 appear to them necessary or expedient. 



On motion of the Treasurer, it was ordered, that the letter 

 of the executors of the late Samuel Appleton's will, which 

 accompanied their donation of ten thousand dollars to the 

 Academy in November, 1854, be recorded, and that a reference 

 be made from the record of the donation to the record of the 

 letter. 



The meeting was adjourned to September 9, proximo, at 

 7a o'clock, P. M. 



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