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present dniinji- the examination. The report of the Auditors shall be 

 rendered to tlie .Veadeniy before the adjournment of the meeting- and 

 the Academy shall take ai)propriate action. 



CHAPTER VI: Publications. 



1. The publications are in charue of the Council and under their con- 

 trol, limited only as given by Article VII, of the Constitution. 



2. One copy of each publication shall be sent to each Resident Mem- 

 ber, Corresponding Member, Honorary Member, and Patron, and each 

 author shall receive fifty copies of his memoir. This provision shall noi 

 be understood as including publications in journals not controlled by the 

 Academy. 



CHAPTER VII: The Research Fund. 



1. The Research Fund shall consist of moneys paid by the general 

 public for publications of the Academy, of donations made in aid of 

 research, and of the sums })aid in commutation of dues according to the 

 B^'-Laws, Chapter I, I'aragraphs 2 and 4. 



2. Donors to this fund, not Members of the Academy, in the sum of 

 twenty-five dollars, shall be entitled without charge, to the publications 

 subsequently appearing. 



CHAPTER VIII: Order of Business. 



1. The order of business at the Winter [Annual] Meetings shall be 

 as follows: 



(1) Call to Older by the Presiding Officer. 



(2) Introductory ceremonies. 



( 3 ) Statements by the President. 



(4) Report of the Council. 



(5) Report of the Treasurer, and appointment of the Auditing Committee. 



(6) Election of officers of the next ensuing Administration. 



( 7 ) Election of Members. 



(8) Announcement of the hour and place for the Address of the retiring President. 



( 9 ) Necrological notices. 



(10) Miscellaneous announcements. 



(11) Business motions and resolutions, and disposal thereof. 



(12) Reports of connnittees. and disposal thereof. 



(13) jNliscellaneous motions and resolutions. 



(14) Presentation of memoirs. 



2. At an adjourned session, the order shall be resumed at the place 

 reached on the previous adjournment, but new announcements, motions 

 and resolutions, will be in ordcM- before the resum])tion of the business 

 pending at the adjournnu'ut of the last preceding session. 



8. At the Summer [Field] Meeting, the items of business under 

 numbers (5), (6), (8), (9), shall be omitted. 



4. At any Sn:cL\L Meetixg the Order of Business shall be (1), (2), (3), 

 (7), (10), followed l)y the special business for which the meeting was 

 called. 



CHAPTER IX: Amendments. 



These By-Laws may be amended by a majority vote of the members 

 I)resent at any regular meeting. 



