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CHAPTER VI 



The Secretaries 



Article 1. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the corre- 

 spondence of the Academy and of the Council, recording or making an 

 entry of all letters written in its name, and preserving for the files all 

 official papers which may be received. At each meeting of the Council 

 he shall present the communications addressed to the Academy which 

 have been received since the previous meeting, and at the next meeting 

 of the Academy he shall present such as the Council may determine. 



He shall notify all persons who may be elected Fellows or Foreign 

 Honorary Members, send to each a copy of the Statutes, and on their 

 acceptance issue the proper Diploma. He shall also notify all meet- 

 ings of the Council; and in case of the death, absence, or inability of 

 the Recording Secretary he shall notify all meetings of the Academy. 



Under the direction of the Council, he shall keep a List of the 

 Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members, arranged in their several 

 Classes and Sections. It shall be printed annually and issued as of 

 the first day of July. 



See Chap. ii. art. 7; chap. iii. art. 2, 3; chap. iv. art. 1; chap. ix. art. 6; 

 chap. x. art. 1; chap. xi. art. 1. 



Article 2. The Recording Secretary shall have the custody of the 

 Charter, Corporate Seal, Archives, Statute-Book, Journals, and all 

 literary papers belonging to the Academy. 



Fellows borrowing such papers or documents shall receipt for them 

 to their custodian. 



The Recording Secretary shall attend the meetings of the Academy 

 and keep a faithful record of the proceedings with the names of the 

 Fellows present; and after each meeting is duly opened, he shall read 

 the record of the preceding meeting. 



He shall notify the meetings of the Academy to each Fellow and 

 by mail at least seven days beforehand, and in his discretion may 

 also cause the meetings to be advertised; he shall apprise Officers 

 and Committees of their election or appointment, and inform the 

 Treasurer of appropriations of money voted by the Academy. 



After all elections, he shall insert in the Records the names of the 

 Fellows by whom the successful nominees were proposed. 



