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his Fellowship shall cease; but the Council may suspend the provi- 

 sions of this Article for a reasonable time. 



Only Fellows who pay Annual Dues or have commuted them may 

 hold office in the Academy or serve on the Standing Committees or 

 vote at meetings. 



Article 6. Fellows who pay or have commuted the Annual Dues 

 and Foreign Honorary Members shall be entitled to receive gratis one 

 copy of all Publications of the Academy issued after their election. 



See Chap, x, art. 2. 



Article 7. Diplomas signed by the President and the Vice- 

 President of the Class to which the member belongs, and countersigned 

 by the Secretaries, shall be given to Foreign Honorary Members and 

 to Fellows on request. 



Article 8. If, in the opinion of a majority of the entire Council, 

 any Fellow or Foreign Honorary Member or Eesident Associate shall 

 have rendered himself unworthy of a place in the Academy, the 

 Council shall recommend to the Academy the termination of his 

 membership; and if three fourths of the Fellows present, out of a 

 total attendance of not less than fifty at a Stated Meeting, or at a 

 Special INIeeting called for the purpose, shall adopt this recommenda- 

 tion, his name shall be stricken from the Roll. 



See Chap, iii.; chap. vi. art. 1; chap, ix, art. 1, 7; chap. x. art. 2. 



CHAPTER III 



Election of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members 



Article 1. Elections of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members 

 shall be made by the Council in April of each year, and announced 

 at the Annual Meeting in May. 



Article 2. Nominations to Fellowship or Foreign Honorary 

 Membership in any Section must be signed by two Fellows of that 

 Section or by three voting Fellows of any Sections; but in any one 

 year no Fellow may nominate more than four persons. These nomi- 

 nations, with statements of qualifications and brief biographical data, 

 shall be sent to the Corresponding Secretary. 



