386 STATUTES OF THE 



CHAPTER IV. 



OF STANDING COMMITTEES. 



1. At the Annual Meeting there shall be chosen the fol- 

 lowing Standing Committees, to serve for the year ensuing, 

 viz. : — 



2. The Committee of Finance, to consist of the President, 

 Treasurer, and one Fellow chosen by ballot, who shall have 

 charge of the investment and management of the funds and 

 trusts of the Academy. The general appropriations for the 

 expenditures of the Academy shall be moved by this Com- 

 mittee at the Annual Meeting, and all special appropriations 

 from the general and publication funds shall be referred to or 

 proposed by this Committee. 



3. The Rumford Committee, of seven Fellows, to be chosen 

 by ballot, who shall consider and report on all applications 

 and claims for the Rumford Premium, also on all appropria- 

 tions from the income of the Rumford Fund, and generally 

 see to the due and proper execution of this trust. 



4. The Committee of Publication, of three Fellows, to 

 whom all Memoirs submitted to the Academy shall be re- 

 ferred, and to whom the printing of Memoirs accepted for 

 publication shall be intrusted. 



5. The Committee on the Library, of three Fellows, who 

 shall examine the Library, and make an annual report on its 

 condition and management. 



6. An Auditing Committee, of two Fellows, for auditing 

 the accounts of the Treasurer. 



CHAPTER V. 



OF THE SECRETARIES. 



1. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the corre- 

 spondence of the Academy, recording or making an entry of 



