APPENDICES 353 



ARTICLE I. OF MEMBERS 



SEC. I. The academy shall consist of members, honorary members, and foreign 

 associates. Members must be citizens of the United States. 



SEC. 2. Members who, from age or inability to attend the meetings of the 

 academy, wish to resign the duties of active membership, may, at their own 

 request, be transferred to the roll of honorary members by a vote of the academy. 



SEC. 3. The academy may elect 50 foreign associates. 



SEC. 4. Honorary members and foreign associates shall have the privilege of 

 attending the meetings and of reading and communicating papers to the academy, 

 but shall take no part in its business, shall not be subject to its assessments, and 

 shall be entitled to a copy of the publications of the academy. 



ARTICLE II. OF THE OFFICERS 



SEC. I. The officers of the academy shall be a president, a vice president, a 

 foreign secretary, a home secretary, and a treasurer, all of whom shall be elected 

 for a term of six years, by a majority of votes present, at the first stated meeting 

 after the expiration of the current terms, provided that existing officers retain their 

 places until their successors are elected. In case of a vacancy, the election for 

 six years shall be held in the same manner at the meeting when such vacancy 

 occurs, or at the next stated meeting thereafter, as the academy may direct. A 

 vacancy in the office of treasurer or home secretary may, however, be filled by 

 appointment of the president of the academy until the next stated meeting of the 

 academy. 



SEC. 2. The officers of the academy, together with six members to be elected 

 by the academy, shall constitute a council for the transaction of such business as 

 may be assigned to them by the constitution or the academy. 



SEC. 3. The president of the academy, or, in case of his absence or inability to 

 act, the vice president, shall preside at the meetings of the academy and of the 

 council; shall name all committees except such as are otherwise especially pro- 

 vided for; shall refer investigations required by the Government of the United 

 States to members especially conversant with the subjects and report thereon to 

 the academy at its meeting next ensuing; and, with the council, shall direct the 

 general business of the academy. 



It shall be competent for the president, in special cases, to call in the aid, upon 

 committees, of experts or men of special attainments not members of the academy. 



SEC. 4. The foreign and home secretaries shall conduct the correspondence 

 proper to their respective departments, advising with the president and council in 

 cases of doubt, and reporting their action to the academy at one of the stated 

 meetings in each year. 



It shall be the duty of the home secretary to give notice to the members of the 

 place and time of all meetings, of all nominations for membership, and of all pro- 

 posed amendments to the constitution. 



