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(vi) The House Committee, to consist of three Fellows, who shall 

 have charge of all expenses connected with the House, including the 

 general expenses of the Academy not specifically assigned to the care 

 of other Committees or Officers. 



See Chap. iv. art. 3 ; chap. ix. art. 6. 



(vii) The Committee on Meetings, to consist of the President, the 

 Recording Secretary, and three other Fellows, who shall have charge of 

 plans for meetings of the Academy. 



See Chap. iv. art. 3 ; chap. ix. art. 6. 



(viii) The Auditing Committee, to consist of two Fellows, who shall 

 audit the accounts of the Treasurer, with power to employ an expert 

 and to approve his bill. 



See Chap. iv. art. 3 ; chap. vii. art. 1 ; chap. ix. art. 6. 



Article 3. The Standing Committees shall report annually to the 

 Council in March on the appropriations severally needed for the ensuing 

 financial year ; and all bills incurred on account of these Committees, 

 within the limits of the several appropriations made by the Academy, 

 shall be approved by their respective Chairmen. 



In the absence of the Chairman of any Committee, bills may be ap- 

 proved by any member of the Committee whom he shall designate 

 for the purpose. 



See Chap. vii. art. 1, 7 ; chap ix. art. 6. 



CHAPTER XI 



Meetings, Communications, and Amendments 



Article 1. There shall be annually four Stated Meetings of the 

 Academy, namely, on the second Wednesday of January, March, May, 

 and October. Only at these meetings, or at adjournments thereof 

 regularly notified, or at Special Meetings called for the purpose, shall 

 appropriations of money be made, or amendments of the Statutes or 

 Standing Votes be effected. 



The Stated Meeting in May shall be the Annual Meeting of the 

 Corporation. 



Special Meetings shall be called by either of the Secretaries at the 

 request of the President, of a Vice-President, of the Council, or of ten 



