AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 



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3. The President, or, in his absence, the next officer as above enumerated, shall nomintt 

 members to serve on the different committees of the Academy which are not chosen by ballot. 



4. Any deed or writing, to which the common seal is to be affixed, shall be signed and 

 sealed by the President, when thereto authorized by the Academy. 





CHAPTER IV 



Of Standing Committees 



1. At the Annual Meeting there shall be chosen the following Standing Committee 

 serve for the year ensuing, viz. : 



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2. The Committee of Finance, to consist of the President, Treasurer, and one Fellow chc n 

 by ballot, who shall have charge of the investment and management of the funds and trusts 

 of the Academy. The general appropriations for the expenditures of the Academy shall be 

 moved by this Committee at the Annual Meeting, and all special appropriations from the 

 general and publication funds shall be referred to or proposed by this Committee. 



3. The Rumford Committee, of seven Fellows, to be chosen by ballot, who shall consider 

 and report on all applications and claims for the Rumford Premium, also on all appropriations 

 from the income of the Rumford Fund, and generally see to the due and proper execubon 



of this trust. 



4. The Committee of Publication, of three Fellows, to whom all memo.rs su.mm u » " 

 Academy shall be referred, and to whom the printing of memoirs accepted for pnbhcaUon MB 

 be intrusted. 



5. The Committee on the Library, of three Fellows, who shall examine the Library, and 

 make an annual report on its condition and management. 



6. An Auditing Committee, of two Fellows, for auditing the accounts of the Treasurer. 



CHAPTER V. 



Of the Secretaries 



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The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the <W "*^? C * ° fi ,° all letters ' w! ,i c h are 

 king an entry of all letters written in its name, and presemng 



