BY-LAWS. 
OF THE OFFICERS. 
I. In the absence of the Chairman or Secretary of a 
Class, a member shall be chosen to perform his duties tem- 
porarily, by a plurality of the viva voce votes, upon open 
nomination. 
Il. The accounts of the Treasurer shall be referred to 
an Auditing Committee of three members, to be appointed 
by the Academy at the meeting at which the accounts are 
presented ; which committee shall report before the close of 
that session, and shall then be discharged. 
OF THE MEETINGS. 
Il. A Committee of Arrangements, for each stated ses- 
sion of the Academy, of five members, shall be appointed by 
the President, the Class Secretaries to be ex-officio two of 
the members of the Committee. This Committee shall meet 
not less than two weeks previous to each session. It shall 
be in session during the meetings, to make arrangements for 
the reception of the members; to arrange the business of 
each day ; to receive the titles of papers, reports, ete.; and 
to arrange the order of reading, and in general to attend to 
all business and scientific arrangements. 
IV. At the meetings th order of business shall be as 
follows :— 
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