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CHAPTER XL 



Of Amendments of the Statutes. 



1. All proposed alterations of tlie Statutes or additions to them, shall 

 be referred to a committee, and, on their report at a subsequent meeting, 

 shiill require for enactment a majority of two thinls of the members 

 present, and at least eighteen afhrinative votes. 



2. Standing votes may be passed, amended, or rescinded, at any 

 stated meeting, by a majority of two thirds of the members present. 

 They may be suspended by a unanimous vote. 



CHAPTER XH. 



Of Literary Performances. 



1. The Academy will not express its judgment on literary or 

 scientific memoirs or performances submitted to it, or included iu its 

 publications. 



