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such Winter Meeting, proceed to make an election for such office from the 

 two candidates having the highest number of votes. [Chapter IV of 

 the By-Laws was amended April 1, 1898, to read as follows: 



Section 1. At the Annual Meeting the election of officers shall take 

 place, and the officers elected shall enter on their duties at the end of 

 the meeting. 



Section 2. The Council shall nominate a candidate for each office, but 

 each Section may recommend to the Council a candidate for its Vice- 

 President. Additional nominations may be made by any member of the 

 Academy. All elections shall be made by ballot. Sections 3 and 4 re- 

 pealed.] 



CHAPTER V: Financial Methods. 



1. No pecuniary obligation shall be contracted without express sanc- 

 tion of the Academy or the Council. But it is to be understood that all 

 ordinal'}*, incidental and running expenses have the permanent sanction 

 of the Academy, without special action. 



2. The creditor of the Academy must present to the Treasurer a fully 

 itemized bill, certified by the official ordering it, and approved by the 

 President. The Treasurer shall then pay the amount out of any funds 

 not otherwise appropriated, and the receipted bill shall be held as his 

 voucher. 



3. At each annual meeting, the President shall call upon the Acad- 

 emy to choose two members, not members of the Council, to whom shall 

 be referred the books of the Treasurer, duly posted and balanced to the 

 close of November thirtieth, [to the first day of the Annual Meeting] 

 as specified in the By-Laws, Chapter II, Paragraph 4. These Auditors 

 shall examine the accounts and vouchers of the Treasurer, and any 

 member or members of the Council may be present during the examina- 

 tion. The report of the Auditors shall be rendered to the Academy be- 

 fore the adjournment of the meeting and the Academy shall take ap- 

 propriate action. 



CHAPTER VI: Publications. 



1. The publications are in charge of the Council and under their con- 

 trol, limited only as given by Article VII, of the Constitution. 



2. One copy of each publication shall be sent to each Resident Mem- 

 ber, Corresponding Member, Honorary Member, and Patron, and each 

 author shall receive fifty copies of his memoir. This provision shall not 

 be understood as including publications in journals not controlled by the 

 Academy. 



CHAPTER VII: The Research Fund. 



1. The Research Fund shall consist of moneys paid by the general 

 public for publications of the Academy, of donations made in aid of re- 

 search, and of the sums paid in commutation of dues according to the 

 By-Laws. Chapter I. Paragraphs 2 am] 4. 



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