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Article 8. It shall report at every meeting of the Academy such 

 business as it may deem advisable to present. 



See Chap. ii. art. 4, 5, 8; chap. iv. art. 1, 2; chap. vi. art. 1; chap. vii. 

 art. 1; chap. xi. art. 1, 4. 



CHAPTER X 



Standing Committees 



Article 1. The Class Committee of each Class shall consist of the 

 Vice-President, who shall be chairman, and the four Councillors of the 

 Class, together with such other officer or officers annually elected as 

 may belong to the Class. It shall consider nominations to Fellowship 

 in its own Class, and report in writing to the Council such as may 

 receive at a Class Committee Meeting a majority of the votes cast, 

 provided at least three shall have been in the affirmative. 

 See Chap. hi. art. 2. 



Article 2. At the Annual Meeting the following Standing Com- 

 mittees shall be elected by ballot to serve for the ensuing year: 



(i) The Committee on Finance, to consist of three Fellows, who, 

 through the Treasurer, shall have full control and management of the 

 funds and trusts of the Academy, with the power of investing the funds 

 and of changing the investments thereof in their discretion. 

 See Chap. iv. art. 3; chap. vii. art. 1,4; chap. ix. art. 6. 



(ii) The Rumford Committee, to consist of seven Fellows, who shall 

 report to the Academy on all applications and claims for the 

 Rumford Premium. It alone shall authorize the purchase of books, 

 publications and apparatus at the charge of the income from the 

 Rumford Fund, and generally shall see to the proper execution of the 



trust. 



See Chap. iv. art. 3; chap. ix. art. 6. 



(iii) The Cyrus Moors Warren Committee, to consist of seven Fel- 

 lows, who shall consider all applications for appropriations from the 

 income of the Cyrus Moors Warren Fund, and generally shall see to 

 the proper execution of the trust. 



See Chap. iv. art. 3; chap. ix. art. 6. 



(iv) The Committee of Publication., to consist of three Fellows, one 

 from each Class, to whom all communications submitted to the 



