STATUTES 
OF THE 
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 
CHAPTER I. 
Of Officers. 
1. Tuere shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Corresponding Sec- 
retary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian, which offi- 
cers shall be annually elected by written votes, the day next preceding 
the last Wednesday in May. . 
2. If either of the Secretaries, the Treasurer, or the Keeper of the Li- 
brary die, resign, or be removed during the year, the vacant office or offi- 
ces shall, at the next meeting of the Academy, be filled by written votes 
for the remainder of the year. 
CHAPTER II. 
Of the President. 
1. It shall be the duty of the President, and, in his absence, of the 
Vice-President or next officer in order, as above enumerated, to preside at 
the meetings of the Academy ; to summon extraordinary meetings of the 
Academy, upon any urgent occasion ; and to execute or see to the exe- 
cution of the statutes of the Academy. 
