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6. Deferred business. 



7. New business. 



8. Scientific communications. 



4. The Rules of Order as set forth in " Cushing-'s Manual of Par- 

 liamentary Practice " shall be accepted as authoritative in the meet- 

 ings of the Academy. 



Chapter XIII.— 0/ Elections. 



1. The Annual Elections shall be conducted as follows: 

 Nominations may be sent in writing to the Recording Secretary, 



with the names of the proposers, at any time not less than thirty 

 days before the Annual Meeting ; and the Council shall prepare, 

 from the names so proposed, a list which shall constitute the regular 

 ticket. This list shall be furnished to every resident member and 

 fellow at least two weeks before the Annual Election. But any 

 resident member or fellow shall be at liberty to alter this list, or to 

 prepare another. 



The election of officers and Councillors shall be by ballot. A list 

 of the persons who have received the greatest number of votes of 

 those present, certified by the tellers, shall then be presented by 

 them to the presiding officer, who shall thereupon declare the said 

 persons elected to their respective offices, and shall present the list 

 to the Recording Secretary, who shall enter it on the minutes. 



2. Resident and corresponding members shall be elected as fol- 

 lows : The candidates shall bfe proposed publicly, in writing, at any 

 meeting, by a fellow or member; and the nominations, together 

 with the name of the person making them, shall be referred to the 

 Council ; if approved by the Council, the candidates may be elected 

 by ballot at any svicceeding business meeting, observing always 

 the provisions of Article III. of the Constitution. 



3. Fellows shall be elected as follows: Candidates shall be re- 

 commended to the Council in writing, with the reasons for such 

 recommendation, signed by the proposer; then the Council may 

 publicly nominate them at a regular business meeting. They shall 

 be balloted for at any succeeding business meeting, in the same 

 manner as resident members. 



4. Names of candidates for honorary membership shall be pre- 

 sented by the Council, and they shall be balloted for at a I'egular 

 business meeting ; a three-fourths vote of the members and fellows^ 

 present being required to elect. 



