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CHAPTER Vr. 



Of Meetings. 



1. There shall be aniuially four stated meetings of the Academy, namely, on the last Wednesday in 

 January, the day next preceding the last Wednesday in May, the second Wednesday in August, and 

 the second Wednesday in November, to be held at the Hall of the Academy in Boston. 



2. The President shall have power to call extraordinary meetings of the Academy, at such time and 

 place as he shall see fit. 



3. Seven Fellows shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of every description 

 which may come before the Academy. 



4. The Recording Secretary shall notify the meetings of the Academy to the Fellows residing in 

 Boston and the vicinity, and shall also cause the meetings to be advertised in the public papers, when- 

 ever he deems such further notice to be necessary. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Of Felloics. 



1. No person shall be elected a Fellow of the Academy, unless proposed and recommended by one 

 or more Fellows, who shall subscribe their names to the recommendation upon the nomination list. The 

 name shall stand on the nomination list at least during the interval between two statute meetings previous 

 to the election. Three fourths of the votes given shall be necessary to constitute a majority for the 

 admission of a member ; and when three fourths shall amount to less than seven, then seven votes shall 

 be necessary. Should any person, on balloting, not be admitted, his name shall be removed from the 

 nomination list ; but may at any future period be placed upon it again for a new nomination. 



2. Each Fellow residing in the State of Massachusetts shall pay annually two dollars to the Academv 

 and such additional sum, not exceeding three dollars, as the Academy at its annual meeting shall re- 

 quire. 



3. Foreign Honorary Members may be chosen by the same vote as Fellows : but only at the statute 

 meetings of May and November, and from a nomination list prepared by a Council for that purpose, and 

 publicly read at the meeting immediately preceding that on which the balloting takes place. The 

 Council for nominating Foreign Members shall consist of the President, Vice-President, the Secretaries, 

 Treasurer, Librarian, and the members of the three standing committees, and no candidate shall be 

 balloted for who is not recommended by the signatures of two thirds of the members of the Council. 



