STATUTES 



AND 



ST AN DING VOTES 



OF THE 



AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



{Adopted May 30th, 1854.) 



CHAPTER I. 

 Of Fellows 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 Physiolo<Tical 

 Sciences : Class III. The Moral and Political Sciences. Each Class is divided into four Sec- 

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

 Section 3. Physics and Chemistry ; Section 4. Technology and Engineering. Class II. Sec- 

 tion 1. Geology, Mineralogy, and Physics of the Globe ; Section 2. Botany ; Section 3. Zoology 

 and Physiology ; Section 4. Medicine and Surgery. Class III. Section 1. Philosophy and Juris- 

 prudence ; Section 2. Philology and ArchEeology ; Section 3. Political Economy and History ; 

 Section 4. Literature and the Fine Arts. 



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



