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Secretary, and these officers may take charge of the meeting of their 
section during the presentation of its scientific business. 
Cuaptrer VIII.—-Of Initiation Fees, Annual Dues, ete. 
1. Every resident member, within three months after his election, 
shall pay an initiation fee of five dollars. All members who be- 
come fellows shall pay a fellowship fee of ten dollars. The an- 
nual dues of resident members and fellows shall be ten dollars. 
2. Honorary and corresponding members, and patrons, as well as 
any resident member or fellow coming under the provisions of 
Chapter II., shall be exempt from initiation fees and annual dues. 
3. The Academy may, on account of services, exempt any mem- 
ber or fellow from his annual dues, provided the proposal be made 
at a regular business meeting, be approved by the Council, lie over 
until the next regular business meeting, and all the members then 
present agree thereto. 
4. If any resident member or fellow, in arrears for his annual 
dues for over one year, shall neglect or refuse to pay the same 
within three months after notification by the Treasurer, his name 
may be erased from the rolls by a two-thirds vote of the Council. 
CuHapPTER IX.—Of the Publications and Publication Fund. 
1. The publications of the Academy shall consist of the Annals 
and the Transactions, and such other documents as shall be ordered 
by the Council; they shall be issued under the supervision of Edi- 
tors appointed by the Council, aided by the Committee of Publica- 
tion. One copy of these publications shall be furnished free to 
each resident member and fellow not in arrears of dues more than 
six months. 
2. Contributions may be received towards establishing a Publica- 
tion Fund; allsuch contributions shall be invested in United States 
or in New York State securities, or in first mortgages on New York 
and Brooklyn real estate, provided they shall not exceed sixty-five 
per cent of the value of the property; and the income thereof shall 
be applied toward defraying the expenses of the scientific publica- 
tions of the Academy. 
3. Non-members and corresponding members contributing to the 
Publication Fund one hundred dollars or more, at one time, shall be 
entitled to one copy of all the scientific publications of the Aca- 
demy appearing subsequently to the dates of the payment of their 
contributions. 
