VI STATUTES OF THE 



CHAPTER YIII. 

 Of Meetings. 



1. There shall be annually four stated meetings of the Academy ; namely, on the day next 

 preceding the last Wednesday in May (the Annual Meeting), on the second Wednesday in 

 August, on the second Wednesday in November, and on the last Wednesday in January ; to 

 be held in the Hall of the Academy in Boston. At these meetings only, or at meetings ad- 

 journed from these and regularly notified, shall appropriations of money be made, or alterations 

 of the statutes or standing votes of the Academy be effected. 



2. Fifteen Fellows shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a stated meet- 

 ing. Seven Fellows shall be sufficient to constitute a meeting for scientific communications 

 and discussions. 



3. The Recording Secretary shall notify the meetings of the Academy to each Fellow resid- 

 ing in Boston and the vicinity ; and he may cause the meetings to be advertised, whenever he 

 deems such further notice to be needful. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Of the Election of Fellows and Honorary Members. 



1. Elections shall be made by ballot, and only at the stated meetings in May, November, and 

 January. 



2. Candidates for election as Resident Fellows must be proposed by two or more Resident 

 Fellows, in a recommendation signed by them, specifying the section to which the nomination 

 is made ; which recommendation shall be read at a stated meeting, and then stand on the nom- 

 ination list during the interval between two stated meetings, and until the balloting. 



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

 ence to Resident 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 



