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have been received since the previous meeting, and at the next meeting 

 of the Academy he shall present such as the Council may determine. 



He shall notify all persons who may be elected Fellows or Foreign 

 Honorary Members, send to each a copy of the Statutes, and on their 

 acceptance issue the proper Diploma. He shall also notify all meet- 

 ings of the Council ; and in case of the death, absence, or inability of 

 the Recording Secretary he shall notify all meetings of the Academy. 



Under the direction of the Council, he shall keep a List of the 

 Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members, arranged in their several 

 Classes and Sections. It shall be printed annually and issued as of the 

 first day of July. 



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

 ix. art. 6 ; chap. x. art. 1 ; chap. xi. art. 1. 



Article 2. The Recording Secretary shall have the custody of the 

 Charter, Corporate Seal, Archives, Statute-Book, Journals, and all 

 literary papers belonging to the Academy. 



Fellows borrowing such papers or docufnents shall receipt for them 

 to their custodian. 



The Recording Secretary shall attend the meetings of the Academy 

 and keep a faithful record of the proceedings with the names of the 

 Fellows present ; and after each meeting is duly opened, he shall read 

 the record of the preceding meeting. 



He shall notify the meetings of the Academy to each Fellow by mail 

 at least seven days beforehand, and in his discretion may also cause 

 the meetings to be advertised ; he shall apprise Officers and Commit- 

 tees of their election or appointment, and inform the Treasurer of 

 appropriations of money voted by the Academy. 



He shall post in the Hall a list of the persons nominated for election 

 into the Academy ; and after all elections, he shall insert in the Rec- 

 ords the names of the Fellows by whom the successful candidates were 

 nominated. 



In the absence of the President and of the Vice-Presidents he shall, 

 if present, call the meeting to order, and preside until a Chairman is 

 chosen. 



See Chap. i. ; chap. ii. art. 7 ; chap. iv. art. 3, 4, 5 ; chap. ix. 

 art. 6 ; chap. x. art. 1, 2 ; chap. xi. art. 1, 3. 



Article 3. The Secretaries, with the Chairman of the Committee 

 of Publication, shall have authority to publish such of the records of 

 the meetings of the Academy as may seem to them likely to promote 

 its interests. 



