648 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



Article 2. In conjunction with the Committee on the Library he 

 shall have authority to expend such sums as may be appropriated by 

 the Academy for the purchase of books, periodicals, etc., and for de- 

 fraying other necessary expenses connected with the Library. 



Article 3. All books procured from the income of the Rumford 

 Fund or of other special Funds shall contain a book-plate expressing 

 the fact. 



Article 4. Books taken from the Library shall be receipted for to 

 the Librarian or his assistant. 



Article 5. Books shall be returned in good order, regard being had 

 to necessary wear with good usage. If any book shall be lost or 

 injured, the Fellow to whom it stands charged shall replace it by a 

 new volume or by a new set, if it belongs to a set, or pay the current 

 price thereof to the Librarian, whereupon the remainder of the set, 

 if any, shall be delivered to the Fellow so paying, unless such remainder 

 be valuable by reason of association. 



Article 6. All books shall be returned to the Library for examina- 

 tion at least one week before the Annual Meeting. 



Article 7. The Librarian shall have the custody of the Publica- 

 tions of the Academy. With the advice and consent of the President, 

 he may effect exchanges with other associations. 

 See Chap. ii. art. 6; chap. x. art. 1, 2. 



CHAPTER IX 



The Council 



Article 1. The Council shall exercise a discreet supervision over 

 all nominations and elections to membership, and in general supervise 

 all the affairs of the Academy not explicitly reserved to the Academy 

 as a whole or entrusted by it or by the Statutes to standing or special 

 committees. 



It shall consider all nominations duly sent to it by any Class Com- 

 mittee, and act upon them in accordance with the provisions of 

 Chapter III. 



With the consent of the Fellow interested, it shall have power to 



