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resident within fifty miles of Boston shall neglect to pay his Admission 

 Fee, his election shall be void; and if any Fellow resident within 

 fifty miles of Boston shall neglect to pay his Annual Dues for six 

 months after they are due, provided his attention shall have been 

 called to this Article of the Statutes in the meantime, he shall cease 

 to be a Fellow; but the Council may suspend the provisions of this 

 Article for a reasonable time. 



With the previous consent of the Council, the Treasurer may dis- 

 pense (sub silentio) with the payment of the Admission Fee or of the 

 Annual Dues or both whenever he shall deem it advisable. In the case 

 of officers of the Army or Navy who are out of the Commonwealth on 

 duty, payment of the Annual Dues may be waived during such absence 

 if continued during the whole financial year and if notification of such 

 expected absence be sent to the Treasurer. Upon similar notification 

 to the Treasurer, similar exemption may be accorded to Fellows sub- 

 ject to Annual Dues, who may temporarily remove their residence for 

 at least two years to a place more than fifty miles from Boston. 



If any person elected a Foreign Honorary Member shall neglect for 

 six months after being notified of his election to accept in writing, 

 his election shall be void. 



See Chap. vii. art. 2. 



Article 5. Every Fellow resident within fifty miles of Boston 

 hereafter elected shall pay an Admission Fee of Ten dollars. 



Every Fellow resident within fifty miles of Boston shall, and others 

 may, pay such Annual Dues, not exceeding Fifteen dollars, as shall 

 be voted by the Academy at each Annual Meeting, when they shall 

 become due; but any Fellow shall be exempt from the annual pay- 

 ment if, at any time after his admission, he shall pay into the treasury 

 Two hundred dollars in addition to his previous payments. 



All Commutations of the Annual Dues shall be and remain perma- 

 nently funded, the interest only to be used for current expenses. 



Any Fellow not previously subject to Annual Dues who takes up his 

 residence within fifty miles of Boston, shall pay to the Treasurer within 

 three months thereafter Annual Dues for the current year, failing which 

 his Fellowship shall cease; but the Council may suspend the provi- 

 sions of this Article for a reasonable time. 



Only Fellows who pay Annual Dues or have commuted them may 



