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remonstrance is made by the Section to which the subject 
belongs, shall be suspended until a second time authorized 
by a vote of the Academy. 
XV. Papers from persons not members, read before the 
Academy, Classes, or Sections, and intended for publication, 
shall be referred, at the meeting at which they are read, to 
a Committee of members competent to judge whether the 
paper is worthy of publication. Such Committees shall 
report to the Academy as early as practicable, and not 
later than the next stated session. If they do not then 
report, they shall be discharged, and the paper referred to 
another Committee. 
XVI. Abstracts of papers published in the transactions 
of other societies or in journals ‘may be communicated orally 
to the Academy ; and if, on submitting any such communi- 
cation to a Committee, its publication be approved, it may 
be ordered for publication on a vote of the Academy. 
XVII. Short communications or abstracts of memoirs 
may be sent by any member to the Home Secrejary, who 
shall, if requested by the author, without delay circulate 
them among the members. 
XVII. An Annual of the Academy shall be prepared 
by the Secretaries, and published on the first day of each 
year. 
- The printing of the Academy shall be under the 
charge of the Secretaries and the Treasurer, as a Committee 
of Publication, who shall report in relation thereto at each 
January meeting of the Academy. 
XX. The Annual Report of the Academy may be 
accompanied by a memorial to Congress, in regard to such 
investigations and other subjects as may be deemed advisa- 
ble, recommending appropriations therefor when necessary. 
