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STATUTES 



AND 



OF THE 



AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIOCKS 



(Adopted May 30, 1854: amended September 8, 1857, November 12, 1862, May 2t, 1864, November 9, 18G9, 



and March 14, 1870.) 



CHAPTER I. 



Of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members. 



1. The Academy consists of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members. TJ 



according 



viz. : 



Class I. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Class II. The 

 Sciences ; Class III. The Moral and Political Sciences. 



Each Class is divided into f->ur Sec- 



tions, viz. : Class I. Section 1. Mathematics ; Section 2. Practical Astronomy and G >dcsy 

 Section 3. Physics and Chemistry; Section 4. Technology and Engineering Class tt -ec 

 tion 1. Geology. Mineralogy, and Physics of the Globe; Section 2. Botany; Section 3. ZoologJ 



Physiology; Section 



Class III. Section 1. Philosophy and .Juris- 



prudence ; Section 2. Philology and Archaeology ; Section 3. Political Economy and 



Section 4. Literature and the Fine Arts. 



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2. Fellows resident in the State of Massachusetts can alone vote at the meet.i 

 Academy.* They shall each pay to the Treasurer the sum of five dollars on admission, and 

 an annual assessment of five dollars, with such additional sum, not exceeding five dollars, 

 as the Academy shall, by a standing vote, from time to time determine. 



3. Fellows residing out of the State of Massachusetts shall be known and diningu.hcd a, 

 Associate Fellows. They shall not be liable to the payment of any fees or annual decs, but 



The number of Resident Fellows is limited by the Charter 



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