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The minutes of each meeting shall be duly engrossed before the next stated 

 meeting under the direction of the home secretary. 



Sec. 5. The treasurer shall attend to all receipts and disbursements of the 

 academy, giving such bond and furnishing such vouchers as the council may 

 require. He shall collect all dues from members, and keep a set of books showing 

 a full account of receipts and disbursements. He shall present a general report 

 at the annual meeting. He shall be the custodian of the corporate seal of the 

 academy. 



ARTICLE III. — OF THE MEETINGS 



Sec. I. The academy shall hold one stated meeting in each year, called the 

 annual meeting, in the city of Washington, beginning on the third Tuesday in 

 April, and another, called the autumn meeting, may be held at such place and 

 time as the council shall determine. 



Special business meetings of the academy may be called, by order of eight 

 members of the council, at such place and time as may be designated in the call. 



Special scientific meetings of the academy may be held at times and places to 

 be designated by a majority of the council. 



Sec. 2. The names of the members present at each session of a meeting shall be 

 recorded in the minutes, and the members present at any session shall constitute 

 a quorum for the transaction of business. 



Sec. 3. Scientific sessions of the academy, unless otherwise ordered by a 

 majority of the members present, shall be open to the public; sessions for the 

 transaction of business shall be closed. 



Sec. 4. Stated meetings of the council shall be held during the stated or special 

 meetings of the academy. Special meetings of the council may be convened at the 

 call of the president and two members of the council, or of four members of the 

 council. 



Sec. 5. No member who has not paid his dues shall take part in the business 

 of the academy. 



ARTICLE IV. — OF ELECTIONS AND RESIGNATIONS 



Sec. I. All elections shall be by ballot, and each election shall be held sepa- 

 rately unless otherwise ordered by this constitution. 



Sec. 2. The time for holding an election of officers shall be fixed by the 

 academy at least one day before the election is held. 



Sec. 3. The election of the six members of the council shall be as follows: 



At the annual meeting in April, 1907, six members of the council to be 

 elected, of whom two shall serve for three years, two for two years, and two for 

 one year, their respective terms to be determined by lot. Each year thereafter 

 the terms of two members shall expire, and their successors, to serve for three 

 years, shall be elected at the annual meeting in each year. 



