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and on approval, shall submit such nominations to the Academy for 

 action. It shall have jtoAvei- to fill vacancies ad interim, in any of the 

 offices of the Academy. 



8. TioR^rs OF Office. The President, Vice President, Secretary, Treas- 

 rirer and Editor shall be elected annually, and be eligible to re-election 

 without limitation. Delegates shall remain members of the Council as 

 long as ((ualilied, according to Article III. 



AKTK'LE V: Voting and Elections. 



1. AH ejections shall be by ballot. To elect a Resident Member, Corre- 

 sponding Member, Honorary Member or Patron or impose any special 

 lax shall reipiire the assent of three-fourths of all Resident Members 

 voting. 



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

 bers noting, provided notice that such a movement is contemplated be 

 given at <i meeting of the Academy three months previous to such action. 



r;. ETfrcTioN OP Members. Nominations for Resident membership shall 

 be made by two Resident IMembers, according to a form to be provided by 

 the Couiu^il. One of these Resident Members must be personally ac- 

 (piaiuted N\ith the nominee and his qualifications for membership. The 

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

 a \<>te of the Academy at a regular meeting. 



4. Eij:otion of Officers. Nominations for office shall be made by 

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

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

 ofiicers tluis elected shall enter upon duty at the adjournment of the 

 meeting. 



5. At the meeting in ^hich 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 

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

 date and place of each meeting shall be fixed by the Council, and an- 

 nounced by circular at least three months l>efore the meeting. The pro- 

 gramme of each meeting shall be determined by the Council, and an- 

 nounced beforehand, 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 title of all paj^ers 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 ab- 

 stracts thus presented, the Council will determine the fitness of the paper 

 for the programme. 



3. This section stricken out A\m] 1, 1898. 



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

 must be called upon the written request of twenty Resident Membei's, 



5. Stated ^Meetings op the Council shall be held coincidently with 



