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2. The Academy shall select by ballot a Nominating 

 Committee consisting of three members who shall nomi- 

 nate a candidate for each office including elective members 

 of the Executive Committee, the Publication Committee, 

 and the Trustees of the Research Fund. Additional nomi- 

 nations may be made by any member of the Academy. 



CHAPTER V, FINANCIAL METHODS. 



1. No pecuniary obligation shall be contracted with- 

 out express sanction of the Academy or the Executive Com- 

 mittee. It is understood however that all ordinary ex- 

 penses in connection with the meetings have the permanent 

 sanction of the Academy without special action. 



2. Every creditor of the Academy must present to 

 the Treasurer an itemized bill certified by the official order- 

 ing it, and approved by the President. The Treasurer may 

 then approve and pay the amount out of any funds not 

 otherwise appropriated, and the receipted bill shall be held 

 as his voucher. 



3. At each annual meeting the President shall call 

 upon the Academy to choose two members who are not 

 officers of the society, to whom shall be referred the books 

 of the Treasurer duly posted and balanced to the first day 

 of the Annual Meeting as specified in Chap. II, Sec. 2, of 

 the By-Laws. These Auditors shall examine the accounts 

 and vouchers of the Treasurer and before the adjournment 

 of the meeting shall render a report, and the Academy shall 

 take appropriate action. 



CHAPTER VI, PUBLICATIONS. 



1. The publications of the Academy are in charge of 

 the Publication Committee. 



2. One copy of each publication shall be sent to every 

 Resident Member, Corresponding Member, Honorary Mem- 

 ber, and Patron, while each author shall receive thirty 

 copies of his memoir. This provision shall not be under- 



