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ing Secretary, and the Treasurer, proposing the appropriations for their 

 work during the year beginning the following May. The Treasurer at 

 the same meeting shall report on the income which will probably be 

 received on account of the various Funds during the same year. 



At the Annual Meeting, the Council shall submit to the Academy, 

 for its action, a report recommending the appropriations which in the 

 opinion of the Council should be made for the various purposes of the 

 Academy. 



4. If any office shall become vacant during the year, the vacancy shall 

 be filled by a new election, at the next stated meeting, or at a meeting 

 called for this purpose. 



CHAPTER III. 



Of Nominations of Officers. 



1. At the stated meeting in March, the President shall appoint a 

 Nominating Committee of three Resident Fellows, one for each Class. 



2. It shall be the duty of this Nominating Committee to prepare a list 

 of candidates for the offices of President. Vice-Presidents, Corresponding 

 Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, Councillors, and 

 the Standing Committees which are chosen by ballot; and to cause this 

 list to be sent by mail to all the Resident Fellows of the Academy not 

 later than four weeks before the Annual Meeting. 



3. Independent nominations for any office, signed by at least five 

 Resident Fellows, and received by the Recording Secretary not less than 

 ten days before the Annual Meeting, shall be inserted in the call for the 

 Annual Meeting, which shall then be issued not later than one week 

 before that meeting. 



4. The Recording Secretary shall prepare for use, in voting at the 

 Annual Meeting, a ballot containing the names of all persons nominated 

 for office under the conditions given above. 



5. When an office is to be filled at any other time than at the Annual 

 Meeting, the President shall appoint a Nominating Committee in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of Section 1, which shall announce its nomina- 

 tion in the manner prescribed in Section 2 at least two weeks before 

 the time of election. Independent nominations, signed by at least five 

 Resident Fellows and received by the Recording Secretary not later 

 than one week before the meeting for election, shall be inserted in the 

 call for that meeting. 



