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especially provided for; refer investigations required by 
the Government of the United States to members specially 
conversant with the subject, and report thereon to the Acad- 
emy at its next January session; 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 re- 
markable attainments, not members of the Academy. 
Sect. 5. The Foreign and Home Secretaries shall con- 
duct the correspondence proper to their respective depart- 
ments, advising with the President and Council in cases of 
doubt, and reporting their action to the Academy at its Janu- 
ary session. It shall be the duty of the Home Secretary to 
give notice to the members of the place and time of all meet- 
ings, and to make known to the Council all vacancies in the 
list of members. 
The minutes of each session shall be duly engrossed be- 
fore the next stated session, under the direction of the Home 
Secretary. 
Srcr. 6. The Treasurer shall attend to all receipts and 
disbursements of the Academy, giving such bond, and fur- 
nishing such vouchers, as the Council may require. He 
shall collect all dues from members, and keep a set of 
books, showing a full account of receipts and disbursements. 
He shall present at each stated session a list of the mem- 
bers entitled to vote, and a general report at the January 
Session. He shall be the custodian of the corporate seal of 
the Academy. : 
