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cially until after the result of the balloting upon nominations has been 

 declared. 



Article 6. The Academy shall not express its judgment on 

 literary or scientific memoirs or performances submitted to it, or 

 included in its Publications. 



Article 7. All proposed Amendments of the Statutes shall be re- 

 ferred to a committee, and on its report, at a subsequent Stated Meet- 

 ing or at a Special Meeting called for the purpose, two thirds of the 

 ballot cast, and not less than twenty, must be affirmative to effect 

 enactment. 



Article 8. Standing Votes may be passed, amended, or rescinded 



at a Stated Meeting, or at a Special Meeting called for the purpose, 



by a vote of two thirds of the members present. They may be 



suspended by a unanimous vote. 



See Chap. ii. art. 5, 8; chap. iii. chap. iv. art. 3, 4, 5; chap. v. art. 1; 

 chap. vi. art. 1, 2; chap. ix. art. 8. 



