92 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



removing within the State, shall be admitted to the privileges,! ^nd be subject to the obligations, of 

 Eesident Fellows. The number of Associate FeUows shall not exceed one hundred, of whom there 

 shall not be more than forfy in either of the three classes of the Academy. 



4. The number of Foreign Honorary Members shall not exceed seventy-Jive ; and they shall be 

 chosen from among persons most eminent in foreign countries for their discoveries and attainments 

 in either of the three departments of knowledge above enumerated. And there shall not be more 

 than thirty Foreign Members in either of these departments. 



CHAPTER II. 



Of Officers. 



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

 Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian, which officers shall be annually elected, by written votes 

 at the Annual Meeting, on the day next preceding the last Wednesday in May. 



2. At the same time and in the same manner, nine Councillors shall be elected, three from 

 each Class of the Academy, but the same Fellows shall not be eligible on more than three successive 

 years. These nine Councillors, with the President, Vice-President, the Treasurer, and the two Secre- 

 taries, shall constitute the Council. It shall be the duty of this Council to exercise a discreet super- 

 vision over all nominations and elections. "With the consent of the Fellow interested, they shall 

 have power to make transfers between the several sections of the same Class, reporting their action 

 to the Academy. 



3. If any office shall become vacant during the year, the vacancy shall be filled by a new 

 election, and at the next stated meeting. 



CHAPTER III. 



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 eniunerated, to preside at the meetings of the Academy; to summon 

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

 Statutes of the Academy. 



1 Associate Fellows may attend but cannot vote at meetings of the Academy. See Chapter I. 2. 



