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shall be delivered to the Fellow so paying, unless such remainder be 

 valuable by reason of association. 



Article 6. All books shall be returned to the Library for examina- 

 tion at least one week before the Annual Meeting. 



Article 7. The Librarian shall have the custody of the Publica- 

 tions of the Academy. With the advice and consent of the President, 

 he may effect exchanges with other associations. 



See Chap. ii. art. 6; chap. x. art. 1, 2. 



CHAPTER IX 

 The Council 



Article L The Council shall exercise a discreet supervision over 

 all nominations and elections to membership, and in general supervise 

 all the affairs of the Academy not explicitly reserved to the Academy 

 as a whole or entrusted by it or by the Statutes to standing or special 

 committees. 



It shall consider all nominations duly sent to it by any Class Com- 

 mittee, and present to the Academy for action such of these nomina- 

 tions as it may approve by a majority vote of the members present 

 at a meeting, of whom not less than seven shall have voted in the 

 affirmative. 



With the consent of the Fellow interested, it shall have power to 

 make transfers between the several Sections of the same Class, report- 

 ing its action to the Academy. 



See Chap. iii. art. 2, 3; chap. x. art. L 



Article 2. Seven members shall constitute a quorum. 



Article 3. It shall establish rules and regulations for the transac- 

 tion of its business, and provide all printed and engraved blanks and 

 books of record. 



Article 4. It shall act upon all resignations of officers, and all 

 resignations and forfeitures of fellowship; and cause the Statutes to 

 be faithfully executed. 



It shall appoint all agents and subordinates not otherwise proA'ided 

 for by the Statutes, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation. 



