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CHAPTER IX. 



Of Meetings. 



1. There shall be auuually four stated meetings of the Academy ; 

 namely, ou the second Wednesday in May (the Annual Meeting), on 

 the second Wednesday in October, on the second Wednesday in January, 

 and on the second Wednesday in March. At these meetings only, or at 

 meetings adjourned from these and regularly notified, shall appropria- 

 tions of money be made, or alterations of the statutes or standing votes 

 of the Academy be effected. 



2. P^'ifteen Fellows shall constitute a quorum for the trausactio.u of 

 business at a stated meetincr- Seven Fellows shall be sufficient to con- 

 stitute a meeting for scientific communications and discussions. 



3. The Recording Secretary shall notify the meetings of the Academy 

 to each Fellow residing in Boston and the vicinity ; and he may cause 

 the meetings to be advertised, whenever he deems such further notice 

 to be needful. 



CHAPTER X. 



Of the Election of Fellows and Honorary Members. 



1. Elections shall be made by ballot, and only at stated meetiuffs. 



2. Candidates for election as Resident Fellows must be proposed by 

 two Resident Fellows of the section to which the proposal is made, in a 

 recommendation signed by them, and this recommendation shall be 

 transmitted to the Corresponding Secretary, and by him referred to 

 the Council for nomination. No person recommended shall be reported 

 by the Council as a candidate for election, unless he shall have received 

 a written approval, signed at a meeting of the Council by at least five 

 of its members. All nominations thus approved shall be read to the 

 Academy at a stated meeting, and shall then stand on the nomination 

 list during the interval between two stated meetings, and until the 

 balloting. No person shall be elected a Resident Fellow, unless he 

 shall have been resident in this Commonwealth one year next preceding 

 his election. If any person elected a Resident Fellow shall neglect for 

 one year to pay his admission fee, his election shall be void ; and 

 if any Resident Fellow shall neglect to pay his annual assessments 



