538 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



Academy. Length of continuous membership in the Academy 

 shall determine the seniority of the Vice-Presidents. 



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 

 committees 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. 



CHAPTEPt V. 



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, 

 Treasurer, and one Fellow chosen by ballot, who shall have 

 charge of the investment and management of the funds and trusts 

 of the Academy. The general appropriations for the expendi- 

 tures of the Academy shall be moved by this Committee at the 

 Annual Meeting, and all special appropriations from the general 

 and publication funds shall be referred to or proposed by this 

 Committee. 



3. The Rumford 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 income of the Rumford Fund, and generally see to the due 

 and proper execution of this trust. 



4. The C. M. Warren Committee, of seven Fellows, to be 

 chosen by ballot, who shall consider and report on all applica- 

 tions for appropriations from the income of the C. M. Warren 

 Fund, and generally see to the due and proper execution of this 

 trust. 



5. The Committee of Publication, of three Fellows, to whom 

 all memoirs submitted to the Academy shall be referred, and to 



