OF -ARTS AND SCIENCES. 4G1 



CHAPTER III. 



Op the President. 



1. It shall be the duty of the President, and, in his absence, of 

 the Vice-President, or next officer in order as above enumerated, to 

 ] 'reside at the meetings of the Academy; to summon extraordinary 

 meetings, upon any urgent occasion; and to execute or see to the 

 execution of the Statutes of the Academy. 



2. The President, or, in his absence, the next officer as above 

 enumerated, is empowered to draw upon the Treasurer for such 

 sums of money as the Academy shall direct. Bills presented on 

 account of the Library, or the Publications of the Academy, must 

 be previously approved by the respective committees on these 

 departments. 



3. The President, or, in his absence, the next officer as above 

 enumerated, shall nominate members to serve on the different com- 

 mittees of the Academy which are not chosen by ballot. 



4. Any deed or writing to which the common seal is to be 

 affixed shall be signed and sealed by the President, when thereto 

 authorized by the Academy. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Of Standing Committees. 



1. At the Annual Meeting there shall be chosen the following 

 Standing Committees, to serve for the year ensuing, viz. : — 



2. The Committee of Finance, to consist of the President, Treas- 

 urer, and one Fellow chosen b} r ballot, who shall have charge of the 

 investment and management of the funds and trusts of the Acad- 

 emy. The general appropriations for the expenditures of the 

 Academy shall be moved by this Committee at the Annual Meet- 

 ing, and all special appropriations from the general and publication 

 funds shall be referred to or proposed by this Committee. 



3. The Ptumford Committee, of seven Fellows, to be chosen by 

 ballot, who shall consider and report on all applications and claims 

 for the Rumford Premium, also on all appropriations from the in- 

 come of the Rumford Fund, and generally see to the due and proper 

 execution of this trust. 



4. The Committee of Publication, of three Fellows, to whom all 



