96 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Of Meetings. 



1. There shall be annually four stated meetings of the Academy; namely, on the day next 

 preceding the last Wednesday in May (the Annual Meeting), on the second Wednesday in October, 

 on the second Wednesday in January, and on the second Wednesday in March ; to be held in the 

 Hall of the Academy, in Boston. At these meetings only, or at meetings adjourned from these and 

 regularly notified, shall appropriations of money be made, or alterations of the statutes or standing 

 votes of the Academy be effected. 



2. Fifteen Fellows shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a stated meet- 

 ing:. Seven Fellows shall be sufficient to constitute a meeting for scientific communications and 

 discussions. 



3. The Eecording Secretary shall notify the meetings of the Academy to each Fellow residing 

 in Boston and the vicinity ; and he may cause the meetings to be advertised, whenever he deems 

 such further notice to be needful. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Of the Election of Fellow t s and Honorary Members. 



1. Elections shall be made by ballot, and only at stated meetings. 



2. Candidates for election as Resident Fellows must be proposed by two or more Resident 



Fellows in a recommendation signed by them specifying the section to which the nomination is 



made, w 7 hich recommendation shall be transmitted to the Corresponding Secretary, and by him 



referred to the Council for nomination. No person recommended shall be reported by the Council 



as a candidate for election, unless he shall have received a written approval, signed at a meeting of 



the Council by at least eight of its members. All nominations thus approved shall be read to the 



Academy at a stated meeting, and shall then stand on the nomination list during the interval 



between two stated meetings, and until the balloting. No person shall be elected a Resident 



Fellow, unless he shall have been resident in this Commonwealth one year next preceding his 



election ; and any Resident Fellow, who shall remove his domicile from the Commonwealth, shall 



be deemed to have abandoned his Fellowship. If any person elected a Resident Fellow shall neglect 



for one year to pay his admission fee, his election shall be void ; and, if any Resident Fellow shall 



neglect to pay his annual assessments for two years, provided that his attention shall have been 



