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time of his notification) his election shall be void ; and if any Fel- 

 low resident within fifty miles of Boston shall neglect to pay his 

 Annual Dues for nine 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; but the Council may 

 suspend the provisions of this Article for a reasonable time." 



"If any person elected a Foreign Honorary Member shall 

 neglect for nine months after being notified of his election to accept 

 in writing, his election shall be void." 



Add the following paragraph to Chapter III, Article 2 : — 

 " Notice shall be sent to every Fellow, not later than September 

 30th, and January 31st, of each year, calling attention to the fact 

 that the limit of time for sending nominations to the Correspond- 

 ing Secretary will expire on the fifteenth of the following month." 

 In Chapter IV, Article 1, lines 9-11. Omit the sentence be- 

 ginning "At the Annual," and ending with "four years." 

 Line 12. Omit "subsequent." 

 The paragraph will then read as follows: — 

 "There shall be also twelve Councillors, one from each Section 

 of each Class. At each Annual Meeting three Councillors, one 

 from each Class,' shall be elected by ballot to serve for the full 

 term of four years and until others are duly chosen and installed. 

 The same Fellow shall not be eligible for two successive terms." 

 In Chapter XI, Article 1. 



Omit "four," and insert "eight." 

 Omit "January, March, May and October," and 

 insert "October, November, December, January, 

 February, March, April, and May." 

 Omit "the second or." 

 Omit "or both." 

 " " Omit "not appointed for Stated Meetings." 

 " 16. Omit " any meeting which may be held on the fourth 

 Wednesday," and insert "at said meetings." 

 Paragraphs 1 and 4 of Chapter XI, Article 1, will then read as 

 follows : 



"There shall be annually eight Stated Meetings of the Academy, 

 namely on the second Wednesday of October, November, Decem- 

 ber, January, February, March, April and May. Only at these 



