STATUTES AND STANDING VOTES. 



STATUTES. 



(Adopted May 30, 1854 : amended September 8, 1857, November 12, 1862, 

 May 24, 1864, November 9, 1870, May 27, 1873, January 26, 1876, 

 June 16, 1886, October 8, 1890, and January 11, 1893.) 



CHAPTER I. 



Of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members. 



1. The Academy consists of Felloivs and Foreign Honorary Mem- 

 bers. They are arranged in three Classes, according to the Arts and 

 Sciences in which they are severally proficient, viz. : Class I. The 

 Mathematical and Physical Sciences; — Class II. The Natural and 

 Physiological Sciences; — Class III. The Moral and Political Sci- 

 ences. Each Class is divided into four Sections, viz. : Class I., 

 Section 1. Mathematics ; — Section 2. Practical Astronomy and 

 Geodesy; — Section 3. Physics and Chemistry; — Section 4. Tech- 

 nology and Engineering. Class II., Section 1. Geology, Miner- 

 alogy, and Physics of the Globe; — Section 2. Botany; — Section 

 3. Zoology and Physiology; — Section 4. Medicine and Surgery. 

 Class III., Section 1. Philosophy and Jurisprudence; — Section 

 2. Philology and Archaeology; — Section 3. Political Economy and 

 History ; — Section 4. Literature and the Fine Arts. 



2. Fellows, resident in the State of Massachusetts, only, may 

 vote at the meetings of the Academy.* Each Resident Fellow 

 shall pay an admission fee of ten dollars and such annual assess- 

 ment, not exceeding ten dollars, as shall be voted by the Academy 

 at each annual meeting. 



* The number of Resident Fellows is limited by the Charter to 200. 



