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sending nominations to the Corresponding Secretary will expire on the 

 fifteenth of the following month. 



Article 3. All nominations approved by the Council shall be read 

 to the Academy at a meeting in December or in April, or be sent to the 

 Fellows in print with the official notice of the meeting, and shall then 

 be posted in the Hall of the Academy until the balloting. 



Not later than two weeks after any nomination is reported to the 

 Academy, the Corresponding Secretary shall send to every Fellow hav- 

 ing the right to vote a brief printed account of the nominee. 



See Chap, ii.; chap. vi. art. 1; chap. ix. art. 1. 



CHAPTER IV 



Officers 



Article 1. The Officers of the Academy shall be a President (who 

 shall be Chairman of the Council), three Vice-Presidents (one from 

 each Class), a Corresponding Secretary (who shall be Secretary of the 

 Council), a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian, all of 

 whom shall be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting, and shall hold 

 their respective offices for one year, and until others are duly chosen 

 and installed. 



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. 



The Councillors, with the other officers previously named, and the 

 Chairman of the House Committee, ex officio, shall constitute the 

 Council. 



See Chap. x. art. 1. 



Article 2. If any office shall become vacant during the year, the 

 vacancy may be filled by the Council in its discretion for the unexpired 

 term. 



Article 3. At the Stated Meeting in March, the President shall 

 appoint a Nominating Committee of three Fellows having the right 

 to vote, one from each Class. This Committee shall prepare a list of 

 nominees for the several offices to be filled, and for the Standing Com- 

 mittees, and cause it to be sent to the Recording Secretary not later 

 than four weeks before the Annual Meeting. 



