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CHAPTER III. 



Of Nominations of Officers. 



1. At the stated meeting in IMarch, the President shall appoint from 

 the next retiring Councillors a Nominating Committee of three Fellows, 

 one for each class. 



2. It shall be the duty of this Nominating Committee to prepare a 

 list of candidates for the offices of President, Vice-Presidents, Corre- 

 sponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, Coun- 

 cillors, and the Standing Committees which are chosen by ballot ; and 

 to cause this list to be sent by mail to all the Resident Fellows of the 

 Academy not later than four weeks before the Annual Meeting. 



3. Independent nominations for any office, signed by at least five 

 Resident Fellows and received by the Recording Secretary not less than 

 ten days before the Annual Meeting, shall be inserted in the call for the 

 Annual Meeting, which shall then be issued not later than one week 

 before that meeting. 



4. The Recording Secretary shall pre[)are for use, in voting at the 

 Annual Meeting, a ballot containing the names of all persons nominated 

 for office under the conditions given above. 



5. When an office is to be filled at any other time than at the Annual 

 Meeting, the President shall appoint a Nominating Committee in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of Section 1, which shall announce its nomina- 

 tion in the manner prescribed in Section 2 at least two weeks before 

 the time of election. Independent nominations, signed by at least five 

 Resident Fellows and received by the Recording Secretary not later 

 than one week before the meeting for election, shall be inserted in the 

 call for that meeting. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Of the President. 



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

 senior Vice-President present, or next ofliicer in order as above enumer- 

 ated, to preside at the meetings of the Academy ; to summon extraor- 

 dinary meetings, upon any urgent occasion ; and to execute or see to 

 the execution of the Statutes of the Academy. Length of continuous 

 membership in the Academy shall determine the seniority of the Vice- 

 Presidents. 



