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for two years, provided that his attention shall have been called to this 

 article, he shall be deemed to have abandoned his Fellowship ; but it 

 shall be in the power of the Treasurer, with the consent of the Council, 

 to dispense (sub silentio) with the payment both of the admission fee and 

 of the assessments, whenever in any special instance he shall think it 

 advisable so to do. 



3. The nomination of Associate Fellows may take place in the manner 

 prescribed in reference to Resident Fellows. The Council may in like 

 manner originate nominations of Associate Fellows, which must be read 

 at a stated meeting previous to the election, and be exposed on the nom- 

 ination list during the interval. 



4. Foreign Honorary Members shall be chosen only after a nomina- 

 tion made at a meeting of the Council, signed at the time by at least 

 seven of its members, and read at a stated meeting previous to that on 

 which the balloting takes place. 



5. Three fourths of the ballots cast must be affirmative, and the 

 number of affirmative ballots must amount to eleven to effect an elec- 

 tion of Fellows or Foreign Honorary Members. 



6. A majority of any section of the Academy is empowered to pre- 

 sent lists of persons deemed best qualified to fill vacancies occurring in 

 the number of Foreign Honorary Members or Associate Fellows allotted 

 to it ; and such lists, after being read at a stated meeting, shall be re- 

 ferred to the Council for Nomination. 



7. If, in the opinion of a majority of the entire Council, any Fellow — 

 Resident or Associate — shall have rendered himself unworthy of a 

 place in the Academy, the Council shall recommend to the Academy 

 the termination of his Fellowship ; and provided that a majority of two 

 thirds of the Fellows at a stated meeting, consisting of not less than 

 fifty Fellows, shall adopt this recommendation, his name shall be stricken 

 off the roll of Fellows. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Of Amendments of the Statutes. 



1. All proposed alterations of the Statutes or additions to them, shall 

 be referred to a committee, and, on their report at a subsequent meeting, 

 shall require for enactment a majority of two thirds of the members 

 present, and at least eighteen affirmative votes. 



2. Standing votes may be passed, amended, or rescinded, at any 



