RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 721 



"At the Annual Meeting, the Council shall submit to the Academy 

 for its action, a report recommending the appropriations which in the 

 opinion of the Council should be made for the various purposes of the 

 Academy. Special appropriations may be made in any stated meeting 

 of the Academy on the recommendation of the Council. 



" 4. If any office shall become vacant during the year, the vacancy 

 shall be filled by the Council for the unexpired term." 



Article 5 of Chapter III. is repealed. 



Chapter V., Article 7 is amended so as to read as follows : 



" 7. The House Committee to consist of three Fellows. This Com- 

 mittee shall have charge of all expenses connected with the House, in- 

 cluding the general expenses of the Academy not specifically assigned 

 to other Committees, but not including the expenses of meetings. This 

 Committee shall report to the Council in March in each year on the 

 appropriations needed for the coming year. All bills incurred by this 

 Committee within the limits of the appropriations made by the Acad- 

 emy shall be approved by the Chairman of the House Committee." 



A new Article, No. 8, is added, as follows : 



"8. The Committee on Meetings, to consist of the President, the 

 Recording Secretary and three Fellows. This Committee shall have 

 charge of plans for meetings of the Academy. It shall report to the 

 Council in March in each year on the appropriations needed for the 

 coming year. All bills incurred by this Committee within the limits of 

 the appropriations made by the Academy shall be approved by the 

 Chairman of the Committee on Meetings." 



The present Article 8 becomes Article 9. 



The present Article 9 becomes Article 10. 



Chapter VI., Article 1 is amended so as to read : 



" 1. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the correspondence 

 of the Academy, recording or making an entry of all letters written in 

 its name, and preserving on file all letters which are received ; and at 

 each meeting of the Council he shall present the letters which have 

 been addressed to the Academy since the last meeting, and at the next 

 meeting of the Academy he shall present such of these letters as the 

 Council may determine. Under the direction of the Council, he shall 

 keep a list of the Resident Fellows, Associate Fellows, and Foreign 

 Honorary Members, arranged in their Classes and in Sections in respect 

 to the special sciences in which they are severally proficient ; and he 

 shall act as secretary to the Council." 



Standing Vote 10 is amended so as to read: 



" 10. No report of any paper presented at a meeting of the Academy 

 shall be published by any member without the consent of the author, 



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