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11. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of all funds 
of the Academy. He shall keep an account of receipts and disburse- 
ments in detail, and this account shall be audited as hereinafter provided. 
12. Duties of Executive Commitice. The Executive Committee is 
clothed with executive authority and with legislative powers of the 
Academy in the intervals 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 1n any of the offices. 
of the Academy. 
13. Duties of Publication Committee. The 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. Duties of Trustees of Research Fund. The Trustees of the 
Research Fund shall be three in number. They shall have charge of the 
allotment and distribution of the income or of the principal of the 
Research Fund. 
15. Duties of Library Committee. The Library Committee shall 
advise with the Librarians of The Ohio State University on all questions 
arising in connection with the management of the Library of the Ohio 
Academy of Science, deposited with the Ohio State University Library, 
and in connection with the distribution of the publications of the: 
Academy. 
16. Terms of Office. The President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, 
Treasurer, and elective members of the Executive Committee 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 
Trustees of the Research Fund and the members of the Library Com- 
mittee shall be elected for a term of three years, one trustee and one 
member of the Library Committee being elected each year. 
ARTICLE V—-VOTING AND ELECTIONS. 
1. Nomination of Members. (a) Nominations for resident member- 
ship shall be made by two resident members in accordance with a form 
provided by the Executive Committee. One of such resident members 
must be acquainted with the nominee and his qualifications for mem- 
