404 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



4. Every person who takes a book from the Library shall give a 

 receipt for the same to the Librarian or his assistant. 



5. Every book shall be returned in good order, regard being had 

 to the necessary wear of the book with good usage. And if any 

 book shall be lost or injured, the person to whom it stands charged 

 shall replace it by a new volume or set, if it belongs to a set, or 

 pay the current price of the volume or set to the Librarian ; and 

 thereupon the remainder of the set, if the volume belonged to a set, 

 shall be delivered to the person so paying for the same. 



6. All books shall be returned to the Library for examination, 

 at least one week before the Annual Meeting. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Op Meetings. 



1. There shall be annually four stated meetings of the Acad- 

 emy; namely, on the second Wednesday in May (the Annual 

 Meeting), on the second Wednesday in October, on the second 

 Wednesday in January, and on the second Wednesday in March ; 

 to be held in the Hall of the Academy, in Boston. At these meet- 

 ings only, or at meetings adjourned from these and regularly 

 notified, shall appnrpriations of money be made, or alterations of 

 the statutes or standing votes of the Academy be effected. 



2. Fifteen Fellows shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 

 of business at a stated meeting. Seven Fellows shall be sufficient to 

 constitute a meeting for scientific communications and discussions. 



3. The Recording Secretary shall notify the meetings of the 

 Academy to each Fellow residing in Boston and the vicinity; and 

 he may cause the meetings to be advertised, whenever he deems 

 such further notice to be needful. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Of the Election of Fellows and Honorary Members. 



1. Elections shall be made by ballot, and only at stated 

 meetings. 



2. Candidates for election as Resident Fellows must be proposed 

 by two or more Resident Fellows, in a recommendation signed by 



