580 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



The admission fee and annual dues of Associates shall be the 

 same as those of Fellows residing within fifty miles of Boston. 



It was 



Voted, To lay this recommendation on the table until the next 

 meeting, notice to be sent out. 



The following communication was presented: — 



S. Burt Wolbach, "Tumors: A Resume of Facts and Theories," 

 with lantern slide illustrations. 



After the Communication, ballots 'were cast on the question 

 of revising Chapter III of the Statutes, on the Election of Fellows 

 and Foreign Honorary Members, as submitted in print. 



The revision was adopted and Chapter III of the Statutes now 

 reads as follows: 



CHAPTER III 



Election of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members 



Article i. The procedure in the election of Fellows and Foreign 

 Honorary Members shall be as follows : 



Nominations to Fellowship or Foreign Honorary Membership in any 

 Section must be signed by two Fellows of that Section or by three 

 Fellows of any Sections, and sent to the Corresponding Secretary ac- 

 companied by a statement of the qualifications of the nominee and 

 brief biographical data. 



Notice shall be sent to every Fellow not later than the fifteenth of 

 January in each year, reminding him that all nominations must be in 

 the hands of the Corresponding Secretary before the fifteenth of Feb- 

 ruary following. 



A list of the nominees, giving a brief account of each, with the names 

 of the nominators, shall be sent to every Fellow with a request that he 

 return the list with such confidential comments and indications of 

 preference as he may choose to make. 



All the nominations, with any comments thereon and with expres- 

 sions of preference on the part of the Fellows, shall be referred to the 

 appropriate ( lass Committees, which shall canvass them, and report 

 their recommendations in writing to the Council before the Stated 

 Meeting of the Academy in April. 



Elections of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members shall be made 



