STATUTES 



AND 



STANDING VOTES 



OF THE 



AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



{Adopted May Za, 1854: amended September 8, 1857, November 12, 1862, 

 May 24, 1864, November 9, 1870, February 11, 1873, and January 26, 

 1876.) 



CHAPTER I. 



OF FELLOWS AND FOREIGN HONORARY MEMBERS 



1. The Academy consists of Fellows and Foreign Honorary 

 Members. They are arranged in three classes, according to 

 the Arts and Sciences in which they are severally proficient, 

 viz. : Class I. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences ; 

 Class II. The Natural and Physiological Sciences ; Class III. 

 The Moral and Political Sciences. Each Class is divided 

 into four Sections, viz, : Class I. Section 1. Mathematics ; 

 Section 2. Practical Astronomy and Geodesy ; Section 3. 

 Physics and Chemistry ; Section 4. Technology and Engi- 

 neering. Class II. Section 1. Geology, Mineralogy, and 

 Physics of the Globe ; Section 2. Botany ; Section 3. Zoology 

 and Physiology; Section 4. Medicine and Surgery. Class III. 

 Section 1. Philosopliy and Jurisprudence ; Section 2. Philol- 

 ogy and ArchaBology ; Section 3. Political Econom}^ and 

 History ; Section 4. Literature and the Fine Arts. 



