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IV. The Academy of the Political, Social, and Legal 

 Sciences. 



V. The Academy of the Mathematical, Physical and 

 Mechanical Sciences. 



VI. The Academy of the Natural Sciences. 



Vn. The Academy of the Medical Sciences. 



Section 3. Each Academy shall regulate its own 

 affairs in a manner not inconsistent with the Constitution 

 and the By-Laws of the Institute, and may submit mat- 

 ters of business to the Council for its determination. 



Section 4. Members of any Academy shall have the 

 right to attend the meetings of any other Academy of 

 the Institute (except those of a purely business charac- 

 ter), and may read memoirs and participate in the de- 

 bates when invited to do so. Members of one Academy 

 may be elected to membership in the other Academies. 



Se;ction 5. When it is in contemplation to form an 

 Academy of the Institute, those, not less than thirty in 

 number, desiring so to do, shall signify their wishes lo 

 the Council in the following manner : 



" The undersigned, citizens of the United States, 

 desire to organize an Academy of the National In-, 

 stitute of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, to be called the 

 Academy of 



and respectfully request the' authority of the Council of 

 the Institute for that purpose." 



