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officer ill order, as above enumerated, 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. 



2. The President, or, in his absence, the next officer as above enumerated, is empowered to 

 draw upon the Treasurer for such sums of money as the Academy shall direct. Bills presented 

 on account of the Library, or the publications of the Academy, must be previously approved by 

 the respective committees on these departments. 



3. The President, or, in his absence, the next officer as above enumerated, shall nominate 

 members to serve on the different committees of the Academy. 



4. Any deed or WTiting, to which the common seal is to be affixed, shall be signed and sealed 

 by the President, when thereto authorized by the Academy. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Of Standing Cojbiittees. 



1. At the Annual Meeting there shall be chosen, upon the nomination of the President, the 

 following Standing Committees, to serve for the year ensuing ; viz. : — 



2. The Rumford Committee, of five Fellows, to consider and report on all applications for 

 the Rumford Premium. 



3. The Committee of Publication, of three Fellows, to whom all memoirs submitted to the 

 Academy shall be referred, and to whom the printing of memoirs accepted for publication shall 

 be intrusted. 



4. The Committee on the Library, of three Fellows, who shall examine the Library, and 

 make an annual report on its condition and management, 



5. An Auditing Committee, of two Fellows, for auditing the accounts of the Treasurer. 



