STATUTES 



AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



CHAPTER I. 



Of Officers. 



1. There shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Sec- 

 retary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian, which officers shall be annually elected, by written votes, the day 

 next preceding the last Wednesday in May. 



2. If either of the Secretaries, the Treasurer, or the Keeper of the Library die, resign, or be 

 removed during the year, the vacant office or offices shall, at the nest meeting of the Academy, be 

 filled, by written votes, for the remainder of the year. 



CHAPTER II. 

 Of the President. 



1. It shall be the duty of the President, and, in his absence, of the Vice-President or next officer 

 in order, as above enumerated, to preside at the meetings of the Academy ; to summon extraordinary 

 meetings of the Academy, upon any urgent occasion ; and to execute or see to the execution of the 

 statutes of the Academy. 



2. The President, or in his absence the next officer as above enumerated, is empowered to draw 

 upon the Treasurer for such sums of money as the Academy shall direct. Bills presented on account 

 of the Library or the publications of the Academy must be previously approved by the respective com- 

 mittees on these departments. 



3. The President, or in his absence the next officer as above enumerated, shall nominate members to 

 serve on the different committees of the Academy. 



4. Any deed or writing, to which the common seal is to be affixed, shall be signed and sealed by the 

 President, when thereto authorized by the Academy. 



