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Scr. 11. Members and officers habitually neglecting 
their duties shall be impeached by the Council, and at once 
notified thereof in writing by the Home Secretary. 
Sect. 12. Impeachments of members or officers shall 
first be tried before the Council; which may be convened 
specially for such purpose. If it decides that the impeach- 
ment is proper, such impeachment shall be tried in private 
session before the Academy at its next stated meeting. 
Secr. 13. The expulsion of a member shall be formally 
and publicly announced by the President at the stated ses- 
sion during which such expulsion shall take place. 
ARTICLE V. 
Of Scientific Communications, Publications, and Reports. 
Secr. 1. Papers on scientific subjects may be read at 
the meeting of the Academy or of the Classes or Sections to 
which the subject belongs. 
Secr. 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. 3. The Academy shall provide for the publication, 
under the direction of the Council, of Proceedings, Memoirs, 
and Reports. : 
Srcr. 4. Propositions for investiga 
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 
-Teport, if necessary, at once to the Government, and to the 
Academy at its next stated session. 
tions or reports shall 
