94 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



CHAPTER V. 

 Of the Secretaeies. 



1. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Academy, recording or 

 making an entry of all letters written in its name, and preserving on file all letters which are 

 received ; and at each meeting he shall present the letters whicli have been addressed to the 

 Academy since the last meeting. With the advice and consent of the President, he may effect 

 exchanges with other scientific associations, and also distribute copies of the publications of the 

 Academy among the Associate Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members, as shall be deemed expe- 

 dient; making a report of his proceedings at the Annual Meeting. Under the direction of the 

 Council for Nomination, he shall keep a list of the Fellows, Associate Fellows, and Foreign Honorary 

 Members, arranged in their Classes and in Sections in respect to the special sciences in which they 

 are severally proficient ; and he shall act as secretary to the Council. 



2. The Eecording Secretary shall have charge of the Charter and Statute-book, journals, and all 

 literary papers belonging to the Academy. He shall record the pi'oceedings of the Academy at its 

 meetings ; and, after each meeting is duly opened, he shall read the record of the preceding meeting. 

 He shall notify the meetings of the Academj'', and apprise committees of their appointment. He 

 shall post up in the Hall a list of the persons nominated for election into the Academy ; and, when 

 any individual is chosen, he shall insert in the record the names of the Fellows by whom he was 

 nominated. 



3. The two Secretaries, with the Chairman of the Committee of Publication, shall have authority 

 to publish such of the proceedings of the Academy as may seem to them calculated to promote the 

 interests of science. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Of the Treasurer. 



1. The Treasurer shall give such security for the trust reposed in him as the Academy shall 

 require. 



2. He shall receive officially all moneys due or payable, and all bequests or donations made to 

 the Academy, and by order of the President or presiding officer shall pay such sums as the Academy 

 may direct. ' He shall keep an account of all receipts and expenditures ; shall submit his accounts 

 to the Auditing Committee ; and shall report the same at the expiration of his term of office. 



