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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  In 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  any 
  officer, 
  a 
  member 
  shall 
  be 
  chosen 
  to 
  perform 
  

   his 
  duties 
  temporarily, 
  by 
  a 
  plurality 
  of 
  viva 
  voce 
  votes, 
  upon 
  nomination. 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  n. 
  

  

  KULES 
  OF 
  OliDER. 
  

  

  Section 
  i 
  . 
  The 
  parliamentary 
  rules, 
  as 
  adopted 
  and 
  practiced 
  in 
  deliberative 
  

   bodies 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  rules 
  of 
  order 
  in 
  the 
  transaction 
  of 
  

   business 
  of 
  this 
  Academy, 
  except 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  these 
  are 
  modified 
  by 
  the 
  Constitu- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  this 
  Academy. 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  in. 
  

  

  OKDER 
  OP 
  BUSINESS. 
  

  

  1 
  . 
  Reading 
  of 
  the 
  Minutes 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  meeting. 
  

  

  2. 
  Election 
  and 
  reception 
  of 
  new 
  members. 
  

  

  3. 
  Propositions 
  for 
  membership. 
  

  

  4. 
  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  cabinet. 
  

  

  5. 
  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  library. 
  

  

  6. 
  Written 
  communications. 
  

  

  7. 
  Verbal 
  communications. 
  

  

  8. 
  Reports 
  of 
  Standing 
  Committees. 
  

  

  9. 
  Reports 
  of 
  Special 
  Committees. 
  . 
  

  

  10. 
  Unfinished 
  business. 
  

  

  1 
  1 
  . 
  Reports 
  of 
  officers. 
  

  

  12. 
  New 
  business. 
  

  

  13. 
  Adjournment. 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  IV. 
  

  

  Section 
  i 
  . 
  The 
  Secretary 
  shall 
  receive 
  memoirs 
  at 
  any 
  time, 
  and 
  report 
  the 
  

   date 
  of 
  their 
  reception 
  at 
  the 
  next 
  stated 
  meeting 
  ; 
  but 
  no 
  memoir 
  shall 
  be 
  

   pxiblished 
  unless 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  Academy. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  Memoirs 
  shall 
  date 
  in 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  

   ■their 
  presentation 
  to 
  the 
  Academy, 
  and 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  their 
  presentation 
  shall 
  

   be 
  that 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  registered, 
  unless 
  changed 
  by 
  consent 
  of 
  the 
  author. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  Papers 
  from 
  persons 
  not 
  members, 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  Academy, 
  and 
  in- 
  

   tended 
  for 
  publication, 
  shall 
  bo 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Council 
  at 
  the 
  meeting 
  at 
  which 
  

   they 
  are 
  read. 
  The 
  Council 
  shall 
  report 
  thereon 
  to 
  the 
  Academy 
  no 
  later 
  than 
  

   the 
  second 
  stated 
  meeting 
  from 
  date 
  of 
  reference. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  All 
  discussion 
  upon 
  the 
  claims 
  and 
  qualifications 
  of 
  nominees, 
  before 
  

   the 
  Council, 
  shall 
  be 
  held 
  strictly 
  confidential, 
  and 
  remarks 
  and 
  criticisms 
  then 
  

   made 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  communicated 
  to 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  

   Academy 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  discussion. 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  V. 
  

  

  COMPLAINT'S 
  AND 
  TRIAL.. 
  

  

  Section 
  i 
  . 
  Any 
  complaint 
  against 
  a 
  member, 
  or 
  any 
  charge 
  for 
  which 
  his 
  

   expulsion 
  is 
  demanded, 
  shall 
  be 
  in 
  writing, 
  signed 
  by 
  the 
  member 
  making 
  the 
  

   charge, 
  and 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Council. 
  

  

  