CONSTITUTION. H 



bers voting, provided notice that such a movement is contemplated be 

 given at a meeting of the Academy three months previous to such action. 



3. Election of Members. Nominations for Resident membership 

 shall be made bv two Resident Members, according to a form to be pro- 

 vided bv the Council. One of these Resident Members must be per- 

 sonally acquainted with the nominee and his qualifications for member- 

 ship. The Council shall submit the nominations received by them, if 

 approved, to a vote of the Academy at a regular meeting. 



4. Election of Officers. Nominations for office shall be made by 

 the Council as provided in the By-Laws. The nominations shall be sub- 

 mitted to a vote of the Academy at its winter [Annual] meeting. The 

 officers thus elected shall enter upon duty at the adjournment of the 

 meeting. 



5. At the meeting in which this Constitution is adopted the officers 

 for the ensuing year shall be elected in such manner as the Academy 

 may determine. 



ARTICLE VI: Meetings. 



1. The Academy shall hold at least two stated meetings a year-^a 

 y^niiiiner [or FieM] Meeting, and a Winter [or Annual] Meeting. The 

 date and place of each meeting shall be fixed by the Council, and an- 

 nounced by circular at least three months before the meeting. The pro- 

 gramme of each meeting shall be determined by the Cou-ncil, and an- 

 nounced beforehand, in its general features. The details of the daily ses- 

 sions shall also be arranged by the Council. 



2. All members must forward to the Secretary, if possible, before 

 the convening of the Academy, full title of all papers which they pro- 

 pose to present during the meeting, with a statement of the time that 

 each will occupy in delivery and a brief abstract of their contents. From 

 the abstracts thus presented, the Council will determine the fitness of 

 the paper for the programme. 



3. This section stricken out April 1, 1808. 



4. Special Meeting of the Academy may be called by the Council, 

 and must be called upon the-Avritten request of twenty Resident Mem- 

 bers. 



5. Stated Meetings of the Cotxcil. shall be held coincidently with 

 the stated meetings of the Academy. Special meetings of the Council 

 may be called by the President at such times as he may deem necessary. 



6. Quorum. At meetings of the Academy a majority of those regis- 

 tered in attendance shall constitute a quorum. Four members shall 

 constitute a quorum of the Council. 



ARTICLE VII : Publications. 



The publications of the Academy shall be under the immediate control 

 of the Council, but the Council shall accord to each author the right, 

 under proper restrictions, to publish through whatever channel he may 

 choose. 



