STATUTES AND STANDING VOTES. 



STATUTES. 



Adopted May 30, 1854 : amended September 8, 1857, November 12, 1862, 

 May 21, 1864, November 9, 1870, May 27, 1873, January 26, 1876, 

 June 16, 1886, October 8, 1890, January 11 and May 10, 1893, April 

 11, A/«iy 9, and October 10, 1894, anc? March 13, J^rtV 10, cm</ May 

 8, 1895. 



CHAPTER I. 



Of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members. 



1. The Academy consists of Felloivs and Foreign Honorary Mem- 

 bers. 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 Nat- 

 ural and Physiological Sciences ; — Class III. The Moral and 

 Political Sciences. Each Class is divided into four Sections, viz. : 

 Class I., Section 1. Mathematics and Astronomy ; — Section 2. 

 Physics ; — Section 3. Chemistry ; — Section 4. Technology and 

 Engineering. 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. Philosophy and Jurisprudence ; — Section 2. Philol- 

 ogy and Archaeology ; — Section 3. Political Economy and 

 History ; — Section 4. Literature and the Fine Arts. 



2. Fellows, resident in the State of Massachusetts, only, may 

 vote at the meetings of the Academy.* Each Resident Fellow 

 shall pay an admission fee of ten dollars and such annual assess- 

 ment, not exceeding ten dollars, as shall be voted by the Academy 

 at each Annual Meeting. 



* The number of Resident Fellows is limited by the Charter to 200. 



