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successive years. These nine Councillors, with the Prositlent, 

 Vice-President, the Treasurer, and the two Secretaries, shall 

 constitute tlie Council. It shall be the duty of this Council 

 to exercise a discreet supervision over all nominations and 

 elections. With the consent of the Fellow interested, they 

 shall have power to make transfers between the several sec- 

 tions of the same Class, reporting their action to the Acad- 

 emy. 



3. If any office shall become vacant during the year, the 

 vacancy shall be filled by a new election, and at the next 

 stated meeting. 



CHAPTER III. 



OF THE PRESIDENT. 



1. It shall be the duty of the President, and, in his absence, 

 of the Vice-President or next officer in order, as above enu- 

 merated, to preside at the meetings of the Academy ; to sum- 

 mon extraordinary meetings, upon any urgent occasion ; and 

 to execute or see to the execution of the Statutes of the 

 Academy. 



2. The President, or, in his absence, the next officer as 

 above enumerated, is empowered to draw upon the Treasurer 

 for such sums of money as the Academy shall direct. Bills 

 presented on account of the Library, or the publications of 

 the Academy, must be previously approved by the respective 

 committees on these departments. 



3. The President, or, in his absence, the next officer as 

 above enumerated, shall nominate members to serve on the 

 different committees of the Academy which are not chosen 

 by ballot. 



4. Any deed or writing, to which the common seal is to be 

 affixed, shall be signed and sealed by the President, when 

 thereto authorized by the Academy. 



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