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6. Reports of Officers. 
7. Reports of Committees. 
8. Deferred business. 
g. New business. 
10. Elections. 
11. Scientific business, 
12. Rough minutes read. 
13. Adjournment. 
CuHapTER XV.—Of Llections. 
1. The annual elections shall be conducted as follows : 
Nominations may be sent in writing to the Recording Secretary, 
with the names of the proposers, at any time not less than thirty 
days before the Annual Meeting; and the Council shall prepare, 
from the names so proposed, a list which shall constitute the reg- 
ular ticket. This list shall be furnished to every resident member 
and fellow at least two weeks before the Annual Election, and be 
publicly posted during that time in the rooms of the Academy. 
But any resident member or fellow shall be at liberty to alter this 
list, or to prepare another. 
The ballots shall be received and examined by at least two tell- 
ers, appointed by the presiding officer at the Annual Meeting. A 
list of the persons who have received the greatest number of 
votes of those present, certified by the tellers, shall then be pre- 
sented by them to the presiding officer, who shall thereupon de- 
clare the said persons elected to their several offices, and shall 
present the list to the Recording Secretary, who shall enter it on 
the minutes and file it: the ballots shall be destroyed as soon as 
the certified list is handed to the presiding officer. 
2. Elections for members and fellows shall be held on the first 
meeting of each month only. Resident members shall be elected 
as follows: the candidates shall be proposed publicly, in writing, 
at any meeting, by a fellow or member; and the nominations, to- 
gether with the name of the person making them, shall be referred 
to the Council ; the report of the Council shall be openly read at 
the next regular business meeting, upon which the Academy will 
proceed to a ballot.* Names of candidates for honorary member- 
ship shall be presented by the Council. 
3. Fellows shall be elected as follows: candidates shall be rec- 
ommended to the Council in writing, with the reasons for such 
recommendation, signed by the proposer ; then, if the Council see 
fit, it shall publicly nominate them at a regular business meeting, 
and the names of such nominees shall be entered on the minutes, 
and then be posted in some conspicuous place during all meetings 
* See Article 3 of the Constitution. 
