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4. Committees. The Standing Committees of the Council shall be : 

 (1) an Executive Committee consisting of the President, Treasurer, and 

 Recording Secretary; (2) a Committee on Publication; (3) a Committee 

 on the Library, and such other committees as from time to time shall be 

 authorized by the Council. The action of these committees shall be sub- 

 ject to revision by the Council. 



Chapter III 



FINANCE COMMITTEE 



The Finance Committee of the Academy shall audit the Annual Report 

 of the Treasurer, and shall report on financial questions whenever called 

 upon to do so by the Council. 



Chapter IV 

 ELECTIONS 



1. Active Members, (a) Active Members shall be nominated in writ- 

 ing to the Council by at least two Active Members or Fellows. If ap- 

 proved by the Council, they may be elected at the succeeding business 

 meeting. 



(b) Any Active Member who, having removed to a distance from the 

 city of New York, shall nevertheless express a desire to retain his connec- 

 tion with the Academy, may be placed by vote of the Council on a list of 

 Non-Resident Members. Such members shall relinquish the full privi- 

 leges and obligations of Active Members. (Vide Chapters V and X.) 



2. Associate Members. Workers in science mav be elected to Associate 

 Membership for a period of two years in the manner prescribed for Active 

 Members. They shall not have the power to vote and shall not be eligible 

 to election as Fellows, but may receive the publications. At any time sub- 

 sequent to their election they may assume the full privileges of Active 

 Members by paying the dues of such Members. 



3. Fellows, Corresponding Members and Honorary Members. Nomi- 

 nations for Fellows, Corresponding Members and Honorary Members 

 may be made in writing either to the Recording Secretary or to the 

 Council at its meeting prior to the Annual Meeting. If approved by the 

 Council, the nominees shall then be balloted for at the Annual Meeting. 



4. Officers. Nominations for Officers, with the exception of Vice- 

 Presidents, may be sent in writing to the Recording Secretary, with the 

 name of the proposer, at any time not less than thirty days before the 

 Annual Meeting. Each section of the Academy shall nominate a candi- 



