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

 nominated by the Conncil, and shall be elected in the same manner as 

 Kesident 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 

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

 Academy. All elections shall be made by ballot. 



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 

 ordinary 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 appwved 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 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 

 jlrst day of the Annual fleeting as specified in the By-Laws, Chapter 

 lllj Paragraph 4. These Auditors shall examine the accounts and 

 vouchers of the Treasurer, and any member or members of the Council 

 mny be present during the examination. The report of the Auditors 

 shall be rendered to the Academy before the adjournment of the meet- 

 ing and the Academy shall take appropriate 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 publication in journals not controlled by 

 the Academy, [By recent niling, authors receive no reprints free. If 

 reprints are wanted the academy will pay two-thirds if the author pays 

 one-third the cost of printing not to exceed fifty copies. The author 

 mav have as inanv more than fifty provided he bears the whole expense 

 of those above fifty.] (Minutes 'of 1906.) 



