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(Branch of science interested in, work already done, and publications, 

 if any) 



(Signed by at least two Resident Members.) 



The form when filled is to be transmitted to the Secretary. 



3. The Secretary shall bring all nominations before the Council at either 

 the winter [Annual] or summer [Field] meeting of the Academy, and the 

 Council shall signify its approval or disapproval of each. (The Secretary 

 is delegated the power, by general action of the Academy, to accept, subject 

 to the ratification of the Academy at its next meeting, applicants at any 

 time upon the recommendation of two members, as now practiced, and upon 

 the payment of one dollar, which shall cover the annual dues for the year 

 in which it is paid, and that only.) 



(Minutes, 1907.) 



4. At the same or next stated meeting of the Academy, the Secretary 

 shall present the list of candidates to the Academy for election. 



5. Corresponding Members, Honorary Members, and Patrons shall be 

 nominated by the Council, and shall be elected in the same manner as Resi- 

 dent Members, 



CHAPTER IV: Election of Officers. 



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 Pres- 

 ident. Additional nominations may be made by any member of the Acad- 

 emy. All elections shall be made by ballot. 



CHAPTER V: Financial Methods. 



1. No pecuniary obligation shall be contracted without express sanction 

 of the academy or the Council. But it is to be understood that all ordinary 

 incidental and running expenses have the permanent sanction of the Acad- 

 emy, 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 Presi- 

 dent. The Treasurer shall then pay the amount out of any funds not other- 

 wise appropriated, and the receipted bill shall be held as his voucher. 



3. At each annual meeting the President shall call upon the Academy 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 first day of the 

 Annual Meeting as specified in the By-Laws, Chapter III, 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 ex- 

 amination. The report of the Auditors shall be rendered to the Academy 

 before the adjournment of the meeting and the Academy shall take appro- 

 priate action. 



CHAPTER VI: Publications. 



1. The publications are in charge of the Council and under their control, 

 limited only as given by Article VII of the Constitution. 



2. One copy of each publication shall be sent to each Resident Member, 

 Corresponding Member, Honorary Member, and Patron, and each author 



