700 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



CHAPTER II 



Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members and Dues 



Article 1. The Academy consists of Fellows, who are either 

 citizens or residents of the United States of x\nierica, and Foreign 

 Honorary Members. They are arranged in three Classes, according to 

 the Arts and Sciences in which they are severally proficient, and each 

 Class is divided into four Sections, namely: 



Class I. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences 

 Section 1. Mathematics and /Astronomy 

 Section 2. Physics 

 Section 3. Chemistry 

 Section 4. Technology and Engineering 



Class II. The Natural and Physiological Sciences 



Section 1. Geology, Mineralogy, and Physics of the Globe 



Section 2. Botany 



Section 3. Zoology and Physiology 



Section 4. Medicine and Surgery 



Class III. The Moral and Political Sciences 



Section 1. Theology, Philosophy, and Jurisprudence 

 Section 2. Philology and Archaeology 

 Section 3. Political Economy and Histor^^ 

 Section 4. Literature and the Fine Arts 



Article 2. The number of Fellows shall not exceed Six hundred, 

 of whom not more than Four hundred shall be residents of Massachu- 

 setts, nor shall there be more than Two hundred in any one Class. 



Article 3. The number of Foreign Honorary Members shall not 

 exceed Seventy-five. They shall be chosen from among citizens of 

 foreign countries most eminent for their discoveries and attainments 

 in any of the Classes above enumerated. There shall not be more 

 than Twenty-five in any one Class. 



Article 4. If any person, after being notified of his election as 

 Fellow, shall neglect for two months to accept in writing and to pay 

 his Admission Fee (unless he be at that time absent from the Common- 

 wealth) his election shall be void; and if any Fellow resident within 

 fifty miles of Boston shall neglect to pay his Annual Dues for twelve 

 months after they are due, provided his attention shall have been 



