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CuapTeR VI.—Of Committees. 
1. The Committee of Finance shall audit all accounts against 
the Academy, and shall have the duties and powers of a Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means. They shall report on financial ques- 
tions referred to them, whenever called upon to do so by the 
Academy or the Council. 
2. Committees for Special Purposes may be appointed when 
required, 
Cuapter VII.—Of Sections. 
1. The Academy shall organize itself into sections, as follows : 
I. Biology. 
II. Chemistry and Technology. 
III. Geology and Mineralogy. 
IV. Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics. 
2. These sections shall be organized with at least a Chairman 
and a Secretary, and shall be considered responsible for the scien- 
tific papers to be presented on the first, second, third and fourth 
Mondays of each month, respectively. When a fifth Monday 
occurs, it may be devoted to general or special scientific discus- 
sions, at the discretion of the Academy or Council. The Academy 
or the Council may, for sufficient reasons, change or suspend 
this order.* 
CuHapTer VIII.—Of fnitiation Fees, Annual Dues, &c. 
1. Every resident member, at the time of his admission, shall 
pay into the treasury, as an initiation fee, the sum of five dollars. 
All members who become fellows shall pay into the treasury an 
initiation fee of five dollars. Resident members and fellows shall 
be subject to pay an annual fee of five dollars. + 
2. Any resident member or fellow coming under the provision 
of Chapter II., or who becomes a Patron, shall be exempt from all 
future annual dues. 
3. The Academy may, on account of services, exempt any 
member 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 mem- 
bers 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 liquidate the 
* This method of organization has been suspended, by order of the Academy. 
+ Corresponding and Honorary members are exempt from initiation fees and 
annual dues, 
