A copy of this request shall be sent by the Secretary 

 to each member of the Council ; it shall be read at two 

 successive meetings of that body, and, a quorum being 

 present, a vote shall then be taken thereon. If agreed 

 to by not less than three-fourths of the members present, 

 the authority to act shall be given by the President in 

 the name of the Council, and the Academy so authorized 

 shall be organized by the signing of this Constitution, 

 and by the election of officers, within thirty days there- 

 after ; otherwise the authority shall be null and void. 



Section 6. The provisions of Section 5, relative to the 

 formation of Academies, shall not be applicable, so far 

 as obtaining the authority of the Council is concerned, 

 to the organization of any one of the Academies men- 

 tioned in Section 2 of this Article, j[>rovided action be 

 taken on or before the thirty-first day of December, 1868. 

 For the organization of one or more of these Academies 

 before that time, it shall only be necessary that thirty or 

 more of those who sign this Constitution proceed, with 

 the authorization of a committee duly appointed for the 

 inauguration of the Institute, to the election of officers 

 and the appointment of members to represent the Acad- 

 emy in the Council. 



Section 7. After the organization of an Academy, as 

 provided for in Sections 5 and 6 of this Article, nomi- 

 nations to membership must be made in writing, at a 

 business meeting, by at least two members who are per- 

 sonally acquainted with the candidate, and who must 



