Trans. N. Y. Ac. Sct. 158 
ARTICLE V. 
No fellow or member who shall be in arrears for one year, 
shall be entitled to vote, or be eligible to any office in the 
Academy. 
ARTICLE VI. 
The officers* of the Academy shall consist of a president, 
a first and a second vice-president, a corresponding secre- 
tary, a recording secretary, a treasurer, five curators, anda 
librarian, who shall be chosen annually on the fourth Mon- 
day of February.t The president, vice-presidents, and 
secretaries, shall be fellows. There shall also be elected at 
the same time, a finance committee of three. 
ARTICLE VII. 
There shall be elected at the annual meeting six members, 
at least three of whom shall be fellows, who together with 
the president, the vice-presidents, the two secretaries, and 
the treasurer, shall constitute a council, by whom all busi- 
ness, to be brought before the Academy, shall ordinarily be 
prepared. Vacancies occurring in the offices or in the 
council of the Academy in the interval between the annual 
elections, may be filled for the unexpired term by special 
‘election at any regular business meeting, provided notice of 
such election shall have been given at a previous regular 
business meeting. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
The election of officers and of the council shall be by bal- 
lot, and the candidates having the greatest number of votes 
shall be declared duly elected. 
ARTICLE IX. 
Five members at an ordinary meeting shall form a 
quorum, and ten at a special or business meeting, a major- 
ity of whom, in either case, shall be fellows. 
* See Section 3 of the Charter. 
+ See sixth line of Section 3 of the Charter. 
