820 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



Voted, To amend the Statutes as follows: — 



Chap. I., Sec. 2. After the word "hundred," in the first line, 

 insert the phrase "of whom there shall not be more than eighty 

 in any one of the three classes." 



Chap. II. , Sec. 2. To read as follows : — 



" There shall be nine Councillors, chosen from the Resident 

 Fellows. At each annual meeting, three Councillors shall be 

 chosen, by ballot, one from each Class, to serve for three years ; 

 but the same Fellow shall not be eligible for two successive 

 terms. The nine Councillors, with the President, the three 

 Vice-Presidents, the two Secretaries, the Treasurer, and the 

 Librarian, shall constitute the Council. Five members shall 

 constitute a quorum. It shall be the duty of this Council to 

 exercise a discreet supervision over all nominations and elec- 

 tions. With the consent of the Fellow interested, they shall 

 have power to make transfers between the several Sections of 

 the same Class, reporting their action to the Academy." 



Chap. II., Sec. 3. To read as follows : — 



" The Council shall at its March Meeting receive reports from 

 the Rumford Committee, the C. M. Warren Committee, the 

 Committee on Publication, the Committee on the Library, the 

 President and Recording Secretary, and the Treasurer, pro- 

 posing the appropriations for their work during the year begin- 

 ning 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 appropria- 

 tions, which in the opinion of the Council should be made for 

 the various purposes of the Academy." 



Chap. II., Old Sec. 3. To be numbered 4. 



Chap. X., Sec. 3. To read as follows : — 



" The nomination and election of Associate Fellows shall 

 take place in the manner prescribed in reference to Resident 

 Fellows." 



Chap. X., Sec. 4. To read as follows : — 



" The nomination and election of Foreign Honorary Members 



