STATUTES 



OF THE 



AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



(Adopted immediately after the Act of Incorporation.) 



CHAPTER I. 



Of Officers and the M^vxxer of their Election. 



1. There shall be a President, one Vice-President, ten Counsellors, two Secretaries, a Treasurer, 

 a Vice-Treasurer, and a Keeper of the Cabinet : which officers shall be annually elected by written 

 votes on the day next preceding the last Wednesday in May. 



2. In order to this election, the President, or in his absence the Vice-President, or in the absence 

 of the President and Vice-President, the senior Counsellor present shall take the chair, at three 

 o'clock, P. M., and after the choice of three scrutineers by nomination, the ballot shall begin and 

 remain open till five o'clock, at which time it shall be closed ; upon which, should it appear in any 

 instance that there is no choice, the balloting shall be renewed till a choice is made. 



3. Each Elector shall deliver his balloting list, folded, to the President, and a scrutineer, sitting 

 by the President with a list of the Members of the Academy present before him, shall mark the 

 name of each person so delivering in his list. 



4. 'When the ballot is closed, the scrutineer shall sort the votes, and report the same to the 

 chair ; after which, the presiding member shall declare the persons, who have the majority of votes, 

 to be the officers respectively for the ensuing year. 



5. If either of the Secretaries, the Treasurer, or the Keeper of the Cabinet die, resign, or be 

 removed during the year, at the next meeting of tlie Academy the vacant office or offices shall be 

 filled by written votes for the remaining part of the year. 



