646 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



He shall send the Report of the Nominating Committee in print 

 to every Fellow having the right to vote at least three weeks before the 

 Annual Meeting. 



See Chap. iv. art. 3. 



In the absence of the President and of the Vice-Presidents he shall, 



if present, call the meeting to order, and preside until a Chairman is 



chosen. 



See Chap, i.; chap. ii. art. 7; chap. iv. art. 3, 4, 5; chap. ix. art. 6; 

 chap. x. art. 1, 2; chap. xi. art. 1, 3. 



Article 3. The Secretaries, with the Chairman of the Committee 

 of Publication, shall have authority to publish such of the records of 

 the meetings of the Academy as may seem to them likely to promote 

 its interests. 



CHAPTER VII 

 The Treasurer and the Treasury 



Article 1. The Treasurer shall collect all money due or payable to 

 the Academy, and all gifts and bequests made to it. He shall pay all 

 bills due by the Academy, when approved by the proper officers, except 

 those of the Treasurer's office, which may be paid without such ap- 

 proval; in the name of the Academy he shall sign all leases of real 

 estate; and, with the written consent of a member of the Committee 

 on Finance, he shall make all transfers of stocks, bonds, and other 

 securities belonging to the Academy, all of which shall be in his official 

 custody. 



He shall keep a faithful account of all receipts and expenditures, 

 submit his accounts annually to the Auditing Committee, and render 

 them at the expiration of his term of office, or whenever required to 

 do so by the Academy or the Council. 



He shall keep separate accounts of the income of the Rumford Fund, 

 and of all other special Funds, and of the appropriation thereof, and 

 render them annually. 



His accounts shall always be open to the inspection of the Council. 



Article 2. He shall report annually to the Council at its March 

 meeting on the expected income of the various Funds and from all 



