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Secor. 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. 
Sect. 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. 
Secor. 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. 
Sect. 1. All investments shall be made by the Treasu- 
rer, in the corporate name of the Academy, in stocks of the 
United States. 
Sect. 2. No contract shall be binding upon the Academy 
which has not been first approved by the Council. 
Secr.3. The assessments required for the support of the 
Academy shall be fixed by the Academy on the recommen- 
dation of the Council. 
ARTICLE VII. 
Of Additions and Amendments. 
Additions and Amendments to the Constitution shall be 
made only at a stated session of the Academy. Notice <6 
_ Proposition for such a change may be given at any stated gt 
Sion, and shall be referred to the Council, which may amend 
the p Toposition, and shall report thereon to the Academy at 
