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CHAPTER VIII—_ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
_ 1. Annual Meeting. The order of business at the Annual Meeting 
shall be as follows: 
1. Opening. 
a. Call to order by the Presiding Officer. 
b. Statements by the President. 
c. Appointment by the chair of a committee of three on 
membership to secure nominations of new members. 
d. Appointment by the chair of a committee of three on 
resolutions. 
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. Reports of officers. 
a. Secretary. 
b. Treasurer. 
3. Appointment by the Academy of an Auditing Committee of 
two members. 
4. Reports of Standing Committees. 
a. Executive Committee. 
b. Publication Committee. 
c. Program Committee. 
d. Trustees of Research Fund. 
e. Library Committee. 
5. Reports of Special Committees. 
6. New Business. 
7. Election of Nominating Committee. 
8. Report of Nominating Committee and Election of Officers. 
9. Election of Members. 
10. Report of Committee on Resolutions. 
11. Report of Auditing Committee. 
12. Unfinished Business. 
13. Adjournment. 
2. Annual Meeting, Special Rules. Items of business under 1 to 7 
shall be taken up at the first business meeting where possible and be 
followed by reading of papers. At an adjourned session the order shall 
be resumed at the place reached on the previous adjournment, but new 
announcements, motions, and resolutions, shall be in order before the 
resumption of the business pending. 
3. Special or Field Meeting. At a special meeting or a field meeting 
items of business under 2, 3, 4, except ‘“‘a,” 7, 8, 11 shall be omitted. 
