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6. Reports of Officers. 



7. Reports of Committees. 



8. Deferred business. 



9. New business. 



10. Elections. 



11. Scientific business. 



12. Rough minutes read. 



13. Adjournment. 



Chapter XV. — Of 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 reg- 

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

 and fellow at least two weeks before the Annual Election, and be 

 publicly posted during that time in the rooms of the Academy. 

 But any resident member or fellow shall be at liberty to alter this 

 list, or to prepare another. 



The ballots shall be received and examined by at least two tell- 

 ers, appointed by the presiding officer at the Annual Meeting. A 

 list of the persons who have received the greatest number of 

 votes of those present, certified by the tellers, shall then be pre- 

 sented by them to the presiding officer, who shall thereupon de- 

 clare the said persons elected to their several offices, and shall 

 present the list to the Recording Secretary, who shall enter it on 

 the minutes and file it : the ballots shall be destroyed as soon as 

 the certified list is handed to the presiding officer. 



2. Elections for members and fellows shall be held on the first 

 meeting of each month only. Resident members shall be elected 

 as follows : the candidates shall be proposed publicly, in writing, 

 at any meeting, by a fellow or member ; and the nominations, to- 

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

 to the Council ; the report of the Council shall be openly read at 

 the next regular business meeting, upon which the Academy will 

 proceed to a ballot.* Names of candidates for honorary member- 

 ship shall be presented by the Council. 



3. Fellows shall be elected as follows : candidates shall be rec- 

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

 recommendation, signed by the proposer ; then, if the Council see 

 fit, it shall publicly nominate them at a regular business meeting, 

 and the names of such nominees shall be entered on the minutes, 

 and then be posted in some conspicuous place during all meetings 



* See Article 3 of the Constitution. 



