482 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



CHAPTER V. 



Of the Secretaries. 



1. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the correspondence 

 of the Academy, recording or making an entry of all letters written in 

 its name, and preserving on file all letters which are received ; and at 

 each meeting he shall present the letters which have been addressed 

 to the Academy since the last meeting. With the advice and consent 

 of the President, he may effect exchanges with other scientific associ- 

 ations, and also distribute copies of the publications of the Academy 

 among the Associate Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members, as 

 shall be deemed expedient ; making a report of his proceedings at the 

 Annual Meeting. Under the direction of the Council for Nomination, 

 he shall keep a list of the Fellows, Associate Fellows, and Foreign 

 Honorary Members, arranged in their Classes and in Sections in 

 respect to the special sciences in which they are severally proficient ; 

 and he shall act as secretary to the Council. 



2. The Recording Secretary shall have charge of the Charter and 

 Statute-book, journals, and all literary papers belonging to the Acad- 

 emy. He shall record the proceedings of the Academy at its meet- 

 ings; and after each meeting is duly opened, he shall read the record 

 of the preceding meeting. He shall notify the meetings of the Acad- 

 emy, and apprise committees of their appointment. He shall post up 

 in the Hall a list of the persons nominated for election into the 

 Academy ; and when any individual is chosen, he shall insert in the 

 record the names of the Fellows by whom he was nominated. 



3. The two Secretaries, with the Chairman of the Committee of 

 Publication, shall have authority to publish such of the proceedings 

 of the Academy as may seem to them calculated to promote the in- 

 terests of science. 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Of the Treasurer. 



1. The Treasurer shall give such security for the trust reposed in 

 him as the Academy shall require. 



2. He shall receive officially all moneys due or payable, and all 

 bequests or donations made to the Academy, and by order of the 



