480 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



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 Jorty in either of the three Classes of the Academy. 



4. The number of Foreign Honorary Members shall not exceed 

 seventy-Jive ; and they shall be chosen from among persons most emi- 

 nent 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 thirty Foreign Members in either of these 

 departments. 



CHAPTER II. 

 Of Officers. 



1. There shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Corresponding 

 Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian, which 

 officers shall be annually elected, by written votes, at the Annual 

 Meeting, on the day next preceding the last 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, with the President, Vice-President, 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 nominations 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. 



CHAPTER III. 



Of the President. 



1. It shall be the duty of the President, and. in his absence, of the 

 Vice-President, or next officer in order as above enumerated, to pre- 

 side at the meetings of the Academy ; to summon extraordinary 



* Associate Fellows may attend, but cannot vote, at meetings of the Acad- 

 emy. See Chapter I., 2. 



