4G0 STATUTES OP THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



3. Fellows residing out of the State of Massachusetts shall be 

 known and distinguished as Associate Fellows. They shall not 

 be liable to the payment of any fees or annual dues, but on remov- 

 ing within the State shall be admitted to the privileges,* and be 

 subject to the obligations, of Resident Fellows. The number of 

 Associate Fellows shall not exceed one hundred, of whom there 

 shall not be more than forty in either of the three Classes of the 

 Academy. 



4. The number of Foreign Honorary Members shall not exceed 

 seventy-five / and they shall be chosen from among persons most 

 eminent in foreign countries for their discoveries and attainments 

 in either of the three departments of knowledge above enumerated. 

 And there shall not be more than thirty Foreign Members in either 

 of these departments. 



CHAPTER II. 



Of Officers. 



1. There shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Corresponding 

 Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian, 

 which officers shall be annually elected, by written votes, at the 

 Annual Meeting, on the day next preceding the last Wednesday 

 in May. 



2. At the same time, and in the same manner, nine Councillors 

 shall be elected, three from each Class of the Academy, but the 

 same Fellows shall not be eligible on more than three successive 

 years. These nine Councillors, with the President, Vice-President, 

 the two Secretaries, the Treasurer, and the Librarian, shall con- 

 stitute the Council. It shall be the duty of this Council to exercise 

 a discreet supervision over all nominations and elections. With 

 the consent of the Fellow interested, they shall have power to make 

 transfers between the several Sections of the same Class, reporting 

 their action to the Academy. 



3. If any office shall become vacant during the year, the va- 

 cancy shall be filled by a new election, and at the next stated 

 meeting. 



* Associate Fellows may attend, but cannot vote, at meetings of the Acad- 

 emy. See Chapter I., 2. 



