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Article 4. Independent nominations for any office, if signed by 

 at least twenty Fellows having the right to vote, and received by the 

 Recording Secretary not less than ten days before the Annual Meet- 

 ing, shall be inserted, together with the list of nominees prepared by 

 the Nominating Committee, in the call therefor, and shall be mailed 

 to all the Fellows. 



See Chap. vi. art. 2. 



Article 5. The Recording Secretary shall prepare for use in voting 

 at the Annual Meeting a ballot containing the names of all persons 

 duly nominated for office. 



CHAPTER V 



The President 



Article 1. The President, or in his absence the senior Vice-President 

 present (seniority to be determined by length of continuous fellowship 

 in the Academy), shall preside at all meetings of the Academy. In 

 the absence of all these officers, a Chairman of the meeting shall be 

 chosen by ballot. 



Article 2. Unless otherwise ordered, all Committees which are not 

 elected by ballot shall be appointed by the presiding officer. 



Article 3. Any deed or writing to which the Corporate Seal is to be 

 affixed, except leases of real estate, shall be executed in the name of the 

 Academy by the President or, in the event of his death, absence, or 

 inability, by one of the Vice-Presidents, when thereto duly authorized. 



See Chap. ii. art. 7 ; chap. iv. art. 1, 3 ; chap. vi. art. 2 ; chap, 

 vii. art. 1 ; chap. ix. art. 6 ; chap. x. art. 1, 2 ; chap. xi. art. 1. 



CHAPTER VI 



The Secretaries 



Article 1. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the corre- 

 spondence of the Academy and of the Council, recording or making an 

 entry of all letters written in its name, and preserving for the files all 

 official papers which may be received. At each meeting of the Council 

 he shall present the communications addressed to the Academy which 



