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Sect. 2. Any member of the Academy may read a pa- 
per from a person who is not a member; and shall not be 
considered responsible for the facts or opinions expressed by 
the author, but shall be held responsible for the propriety of 
the paper. 
Sect. 8. The Academy shall provide for the publication, 
under the direction of the Council, of Proceedings, Memoirs, 
and Reports. 
Sect. 4. Propositions for investigations or reports shall 
originate with the Classes to which the subjects belong, and 
be by them submitted to the Academy for approval ; except 
requests from the Government of the United States, which 
shall be acted on by the President, who will in such cases 
report, if necessary, at once to the Government, and to the 
Academy at its next stated session. 
Srcr. 5. The judgment of the Academy shall be at all 
times at the disposition of the Government, upon any matter 
of Science or Art within the limits of the subjects embraced 
by it. 
Szor. 6, An Annual Report to be presented to Congress 
shall be prepared by the President, and before its presenta- 
tion submitted by him, first to the Council, and afterwards to 
the Academy at its January meeting. 
Scr. 7. Medals and Prizes may be established, and the 
means of bestowing them accepted, by the Academy, upon 
the recommendation of the Council; by whom all the neces- 
Sary arrangements for their establishment and award shall 
be made. 
ARTICLE VI. 
Of the Property of the Academy. 
Secr. 1. All investments shall be made by the Treas- 
Urer, in the corporate name of the Academy, in stocks of the 
