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plated be given at a meeting of tlie Academy three months previous to 

 such action. 



3. Election of Members. Nominations for Resident membership 

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

 vided by the Council. One of these Resident Members must be person- 

 ally acquainted with the nominee and his qualifications for membership. 

 The Council shall submit the nominations received by them, if approved, 

 to a vote of the Academy at a regular meeting. 



4. Election oe Oeficehs. Nominations for office shall be made by 

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

 mitted to a vote of the Academ^^ 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 

 Siunnicr [or Field] Mcctiti;/, and a Winter [or Annual] Mectinrj. The date 

 and place of each meeting shall be fixed by the Council, and announced 

 by circular at least three months before the meeting. The programme of 

 each meeting shall be determined by the Council, and announced before 

 hand, in its general features. The details of the daily sessions shall 

 also be arranged bv the Council. 



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

 convening of the Academy, full titles of all papers which they propose to 

 j)resent 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. Repealed April 1, 1898. 



4. Special Meetings of the Academv mav be called bv the Council, 

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

 bers. 



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

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

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



G. QuoRi'M. 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 sliall be under the immediate control 

 of the Council, but the Council shall accord 1o each author Ihe right, 

 undei- proper restrictions, to publish through whatever channel he may 

 choose. 



