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Sec. 7. The election of foreign associates shall be in the following manner : 



Foreign associates may be nominated by the council and may be elected at the 

 annual meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present. Each member shall 

 indicate on a ballot those names for which he votes, and those nominees whose 

 names appear on two-thirds of the votes cast shall be declared elected. A list of 

 those nominated shall be sent to all members of the academy with the notice of 

 the meeting at which the election is to be held. 



Sec. 8. A diploma, with the corporate seal of the academy and the signatures 

 of the officers, shall be sent by the appropriate secretary to each member on his 

 acceptance of his membership and to foreign associates on their election. 



Sec. 9. Resignations shall be addressed to the president and acted on by the 

 academy. 



Sec. 10. Whenever a member has not paid his dues for four successive years, 

 the treasurer shall report the fact to the council, which may report the case to 

 the academy with the recommendation that the person thus in arrears be declared 

 to have forfeited his membership. If this recommendation be approved by two- 

 thirds of the members present, the said person shall no longer be a member of the 

 academy and his name shall be dropped from the roll. 



article v. — OF scientific communications, publications, and reports 



Sec. I. Communications on scientific subjects shall be read at scientific sessions 

 of the academy, and papers by any member may be read by the author or by any 

 other member, notice of the same having been previously given to the secretary. 



Sec. 2. Any member of the academy may read a paper from a person who is 

 not a member, and shall not be considered responsible for the facts or opinions 

 expressed by the author, but shall be held responsible for the propriety of the 

 paper. 



Persons who are not members may read papers on invitation of the council or of 

 the committee of arrangements. 



Sec. 3. The academy may provide for the publication, under the direction of 

 the council, of proceedings, memoirs, and reports. 



Sec. 4. Propositions for investigations or reports by the academy shall be 

 submitted to the council for approval, except those requested by the Government 

 of the United States, which shall be acted on by the president, who will in such 

 cases report their results to the Government as soon as obtained and to the 

 academy at its next following stated meeting. 



Sec. 5. The advice of the academy shall be at all times at the disposition of 

 the Government upon any matter of science or art within its scope. 



Sec. 6. An annual report to be presented to Congress shall be prepared by the 

 president, and before its presentation submitted by him, first to the council and 

 afterwards to the academy, at one of the stated meetings. 



