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todian of all property belonging to the Society. All books, 

 periodicals, pamphlets, etc.. belonging to the library shall be ac- 

 cessible for consultation by members of the Academy under such 

 regulations as may be provided. 



12. Tiic Executive Committee is clothed with executive 

 authority and with legislative powers of the Academy in the in- 

 tervals between the regular annual meetings. No extraordinary 

 act of the committee shall however remain in force beyond the 

 next annual meeting unless ratified by the Academy. The 

 Executive Committee shall receive nominations for membership 

 and on approval shall submit such nominations to the Academy 

 for action. It shall have the power to fill vacancies ad interim 

 in any of the offices of the Academy. 



13. Tlic Publication Committee shall have charge of the 

 preparation and publication of the Annual Report and of such 

 other papers as may be considered by them desirable to have 

 printed. 



14. The Trustees of the Researcli Fund shall be three in 

 number. They shall have charge of the allotment and distribu- 

 tion of the income or of the principal of the Research Fund. 



15. Terms of Office. The President, V^ice-Presidents, Sec- 

 retary. Treasurer, and Elective Members of the Executive Com- 

 mittee and Publication Committee, shall be elected annually at 

 the annual meeting, and shall be eligible to re-election without 

 limitation, with the exception of the President, who shall not be 

 elected for successive terms. The Librarian shall be elected for 

 a period of three years. The Trustees of the Research Fund 

 shall be elected for a term of three years. This shall be so ar- 

 ranged however that the expiration of the terms of office of no 

 two trustees occurs in the same year. 



ARTICLE V, VOTING AND ELECTIONS. 



I. Nomination of Members, fa) Nominations for Resi- 

 dent Membership shall be made by two Resident Members in ac- 

 cordance with a form provided by the Executive Committee. 

 One of such Resident Members must be acquainted with the 



