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f. ARTICLE V: Voting and Elections. 



1. All elections shall be by ballot. To elect a Resident Member, Cor- 

 responding Member, Honorary Member, or Patron, or impose any special 

 tax shall require the assent of three-fourths of all Resident Members vot- 

 ing. 



2. Any member may be expelled by a vote of nine-tenths of all 

 members voting, providing notice that such a movement is contemplated 

 be given at. a meeting of the Academy three months previous to such 

 action. 



3. Election of Members. Nominations for Resident membership 

 shall be made by two Resident Members, according to a form to be pro- 

 vided by the Council. One of these Resident Members must be personally 

 acquainted with the nominee and his qualifications for membership. 

 The Council shall submit the nominations received by them, if approved,, 

 to a vote of the Academy at a regular meeting. 



4. Election of Officers*. Nominations for office shall be made by 

 the Council as provided in the By-Laws. The nominations shall be sub- 

 mitted to a vote of the Academy at its winter [Annual] meeting. The 

 officers thus elected shall enter upon duty at the adjournment of the 

 meeting. 



T>. At the meeting in which this Constitution is adopted the officers 

 for the ensuing year shall be elected in such manner as the Academy may 

 determine. 



ARTICLE VI: Meetings. 



1. The Academy shall hold at least two stated meetings a year — a 

 Summer [or Field] Meeting, and a Winter [or Annual] Meeting. The date 

 and place of each meeting shall be fixed by the Council, and announced 

 by circular at least three months before the meeting. The programme of 

 each meeting shall be determined by the Council, and announced before- 

 hand, in its general features. The details of the daily sessions shall also 

 be arranged by the Council. 



2. All members must forward to the Secretary, if possible before the 

 convening of the Academy, full titles of all papers which they propose to 

 present during the meeting, with a statement of the time that each will 

 occupy in delivery and a brief abstract of their contents. From the 

 abstracts thus presented, the Council will determine the fitness of the 

 paper for the programme. 



3. At the Winter meeting the election of officers shall take place, and 

 the officers elect shall enter upon duty at the adjournment of the meet- 

 ing. [This section stricken out. April 1, 1898.] 



4. Special Meetings of the Academy may be called by the Council, 

 and must be called upon the written request of tw T enty Resident Members. 



5. Stated Meetings of the Council, shall be held coincidently with 

 the stated meetings of the Academy. Special meetings of the Council 

 may be called by the President at such times as he may deem necessary. 



0. Quorum. At meetings of the Academy a majority of those regis- 

 tered in attendance shall constitute a quorum. A majority shall con- 

 stitute -a quorum of the Council. [Amended April 1, 1898. to read 

 "Four members shall constitute a quorum of the Council."] 



