STATUTE 



OP THE 



AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AKTS AND SCIENCES 



{Adopted about 1823.) 



CHAPTER I. 



Of Officers. 



1. There shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Sec- 

 retary, a Treasurer, a Vice-Treasurer, and a Librarian or Keeper of the Library, which officers shall 

 be annually elected by written votes, the day next preceding the last Wednesday in May. 



2. If either of the Secretaries, the Treasurer, or the Keeper of the Library die, resign, or be 

 removed during the year, the vacant office or offices shall, at the next meeting of the Academy, be 

 filled by written votes for the remainder of the year. 



CHAPTER II. 



Of the President. 



1. It shall be the duty of the President, and, in his absence, of the Vice-President or next 

 officer in order, as above enumerated, to preside at the meetings of the Academy; to summon 

 extraordinary meetings of the Academy, upon any urgent occasion ; and to execute or see to the 

 execution of the statutes of the Academy. 



2. 



above 



to draw upon the Treasurer for such sums of money as the Academy shall direct. 



3. Any deed or writing, to w 



affixed 



Academy 



