STATUTES 



STANDING VOTES 



AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AETS AND SCIENCES. 



{Adopted May 30, 1854: amended September 8, 1857, November 12, 1862, May 24, 1864, 

 November 9, 1870, February 11, 1873, arid January 26, 1876.) 



CHAPTEK I. 



Of FELLO^vs and Foreign Honorary Members. 



1. The Academy consists of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members. They are arranged in 

 three classes, according to the Arts and Sciences in which they are severally proficient, viz. : 

 Class I. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences ; Class II. The Natural and Physiological 

 Sciences ; Class III. The Moral and Political Sciences. Each Class is divided into four Sections, 

 viz. : Class I. Section 1. Mathematics ; Section 2. Practical Astronomy and Geodesy ; Section 3. 

 Physics and Chemistry ; Section 4. Technology and Engineering. Class II. Section 1. Geology, 

 IMineralogy, and Physics of the Globe ; Section 2. Botany ; Section 3. Zoology and Physiology ; 

 Section 4. Medicine and Surgery. Class III. Section 1. Philosophy and Jurisprudence ; Section 2. 

 Philology and Ai-cheeology ; Section 3. Political Economy and History; Section 4. Litei-ature and 

 the Fine Arts. 



2. Fellows resident in the State of IMassachusetts can alone vote at tlie meetings of the 

 Academy.^ They shall each pay to the Treasurer the sum of ten dollars on admission, and an 

 annual assessment of ten dollars, with such additional sum, not exceeding five dollars, as the 

 Academy shall, by a standing vote, from time to time determine. 



3. Fellows residing out of the State of Massachusetts shall be known and distinguished as 

 Associate Fellows. They shaU not be liable to the payment of any fees or annual dues, but, on 



* The number of Resident Fellows is limited by the Cliarter to 200. 



