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CHAPTER III. 



Of Nominations of Officers. 



1. At the stated meeting in March, the President shall appoint 

 from the next retiring Councillors a Nominating Committee of 

 three Fellows, one for each class. 



2. It shall be the duty of this Nominating Committee to 

 prepare a list of candidates for the offices of President, 

 Vice-Presidents, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, 

 Treasurer, Librarian, Councillors, and the Standing Committees 

 which are chosen by ballot ; and to cause this list to be sent by 

 mail to all the Resident Fellows of the Academy not later than 

 four weeks before the Annual Meeting. 



3. Independent nominations for any office, signed by at least 

 five Resident Fellows and received by the Recording Secretary 

 not less than ten days before the Annual Meeting, shall be in- 

 serted in the call for the Annual Meeting, which shall then be 

 issued not later than one week before that meeting. 



4. The Recording Secretary shall prepare for use, in voting 

 at the Annual Meeting, a ballot containing the names of all 

 persons nominated for office under the conditions given above. 



5. When an office is to be filled at any other time than at the 

 Annual Meeting, the President shall appoint a Nominating Com- 

 mittee, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1, which shall 

 announce its nomination in the manner prescribed in Section 2 

 at least two weeks before the time of election. Independent 

 nominations, signed by at least five Resident Fellows and received 

 by the Recording Secretary not later than one week before the 

 meeting for election, shall be inserted in the call for that 

 meeting. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Of the President. 



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

 of the senior Vice-President present, or next officer in order as 

 above enumerated, to preside at the meetings of the Academy ; 

 to summon extraordinary meetings, upon any urgent occasion ; 

 and to execute or see to the execution of the Statutes of the 



