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CHAPTER IV——ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 
1. Election of Officers. At the Annual Meeting the election of 
officers shall take place and the officers elected shall enter on their 
duties at the end of the meeting. 
2. Nominations. The Academy shall select by ballot a Nominating 
Committee consisting of three members, who shall nominate a candidate 
for each office, including elective members of the Executive Committee, 
the Publication Committee, and the Trustees of the Research Fund. 
Additional nominations may be made by any member of the Academy. 
CHAPTER V——FINANCIAL METHODS. 
1. Authorization of Expenditures. No pecuniary obligation shall be 
contracted without express sanction of the Academy or the Executive 
Committee. It is understood, however, that all ordinary expenses in 
connection with the meetings have the permanent sanction of the 
Academy without special action. 
2. Bills and Vouchers. Every creditor of the Academy must present 
to the Treasurer an itemized bill certified by the official ordering 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. Audit. 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. Publication Committee. The publications of the Academy are in 
charge of the Publication Committee. 
2. Distribution. One copy of each publication shall be sent to every 
resident member, corresponding member, fellow, honorary member, 
and patron, while each author shall receive thirty copies of his memoir. 
This provision shall not be understood as including publications in 
journals not controlled by the Academy. 
