654 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



3. Fellows residing out of the State of Massachusetts shall be 

 known and distinguished as Associate Fellows. They shall not 

 be liable to the payment of any fees or annual dues, but on remov- 

 ing within the State shall be admitted to the privileges,* and be 

 subject to the obligations, of Resident Fellows. The number of 

 Associate Fellows shall not exceed one hundred, of whom there 

 shall not be more than forty in either of the three Classes of the 

 Academy. 



4. The number of Foreign Honorary Members shall not 

 exceed seventy-five ; and they shall be chosen from among per- 

 sons most eminent in foreign countries for their discoveries and 

 attainments in either of the three departments of knowledge 

 above enumerated. And there shall not be more than tldrty 

 Foreign Members in either of these departments. 



CHAPTER II. 



Of Officers. 



1. There shall be a President, three Vice-Presidents, one for 

 each Class, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a 

 Treasurer, and a Librarian, which officers shall be annually elected, 

 by ballot, at the Annual Meeting, on the second Wednesday in 

 May. 



2. At the same time, and in the same manner, nine Councillors 

 shall be elected, three from each Class of the Academy, but the 

 same Fellows shall not be eligible on more than three successive 

 years. These nine Councillors, vrith the President, the three 

 Vice-Presidents, the two Secretaries, the Treasurer, and the 

 Librarian, shall constitute the Council. It shall be the duty of 

 this Council to exercise a discreet supervision over all nomina- 

 tions and elections. With the consent of the Fellow interested, 

 they shall have power to make transfers between the several 

 Sections of the same Class, reporting their action to the 

 Academy. 



3. If any office shall become vacant during the year, the 

 vacancy shall be filled by a new election, and at the next stated 

 meeting, or at a meeting called for this purpose. 



* Associate Fellows may attend, but canuot vote, at meetings of the Academy. 

 See Chapter I. 2. 



