STATUTES 



AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



(Adopted about 1823.) 



CHAPTER I. 



Of Officers. 



1. There shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Corresponding Secretary, a Eecording Sec- 

 retary, a Treasurer, a Vice-Treasurer, and a Librarian or Keeper of the Library, which officers shall 

 be annually elected by written votes, the day next preceding the last Wednesday in May. 



2. If either of the Secretaries, the Treasurer, or the Keeper of the Library die, resign, or be 

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

 filled by written votes for the remainder of the year. 



CHAPTER IL 



Of the President. 



1. It shall be the duty of the President, and, in his absence, of the Vice-President or next 

 officer in order, as above enumerated, to preside at the meetings of the Academy ; to summon 

 extraordinary meetings of the Academy, upon any urgent occasion ; and to execute or see to tlie 

 execution of the statutes of tlie Academy. 



2. The President, or, in his absence, the next officer in order as above enumerated, is empowered 

 to draw upon the Treasurer for such sums of money as the Academy shall direct. 



3. Any deed or writing, to which the Common Seal is to be affixed, shall be signed and sealed by 

 the President, when thereto authorized by the Academy. 



