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called to this article, lie shall be deemed to have abandoned his Fellowship ; but it shall be in the 

 power of the Treasurer, with the consent of the Council, to dispense (stth sUentid) with the payment 

 both of the admission fee and of the assessments, whenever in any special instance he shall think 

 it advisable so to do. 



3. The nomination of Associate Fellows shall take place in the manner prescribed in reference 

 to Eesident Fellows ; and after such nomination shall have been publicly read at a stated meeting 

 previous to that when the balloting takes place, it shall be referred to a Council for Nomination ; 

 and a written approval, authorized and signed at a meeting of said Council by at least seven of its 

 members, shall be requisite to entitle the candidate to be balloted for. The Council may in like 

 manner originate nominations of Associate Fellows ; which must be read at a stated meeting pre- 

 vious to the election, and be exposed on the nomination list during the interval 



4. Foreign Honorary Members shall be chosen only after a nomination made at a meeting of the 

 CouncU, signed at the time by at least seven of its members, and read at a stated meeting previous 

 to that on which the balloting takes place. 



5. Three-fourths of the ballots cast must be affirmative, and the number of affirmative ballots 

 must amount to eleven, to effect an election of Fellows or Foreign Honorary Members. 



6. Each section of the Academy is empowered to present lists of persons deemed best qualified 

 to fill vacancies occurring in the number of Foreign Honorary Members or Associate FeUows 

 allotted to it ; and such lists, after being read at a stated meeting, shall be referred to the Council 

 for Nomination. 



7. If, in the opinion of a majority of the entire Council, any Fellow — Resident or Associate — 

 shall have rendered himseK unworthy of a place in the Academy, the Council shall recommend to 

 the Academy the termination of his Fellowship ; and, provided that a majority of two-thirds of the 

 Fellows at a stated meeting, consisting of not less than fifty Fellows, shall adopt this recommenda- 

 tion, his name shall be stricken off the roll of Fellows. 



CHAPTER X. 

 Of Amexdmexts of the Statutes. 



1. All proposed alterations of the Statutes, or additions to them, shall be referred to a com- 

 mittee, and, on their report at a subsequent meeting, shall require for enactment a majority of two- 

 thirds of the members present, and at least eighteen affirmative votes. 



2. Standing Votes may be passed, amended, or rescinded, at any stated meeting, by a majority 

 of two-thirds of the members present. They may be suspended by a unanimous vote. 



