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mittee at either the Annual, Special or Field meetings of the 

 Academy, and the Executive Committee shall signify its approval 

 or disapproval of each. The list of candidates approved shall 

 then be presented to the Academy for election. 



4. Patrons, Honorary Members and Corresponding Mem- 

 bers shall be nominated by the Executive Committee and shall 

 be elected in the same manner as Resident Members. 



CHAPTER IV^ ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



1. At the Annual meeting the election of officers shall take 

 place and the officers elected shall enter on their duties at the 

 end of the meeting. 



2. The Academy shall select by ballot a Nominating Com- 

 mittee consisting of three members who shall nominate a candi- 

 date for each office including elective members of the Executive 

 Committee, the Publication Committee, and the Trustees of the 

 Research Fund. Additional nominations may be made by any 

 member of the Academy. 



CHAPTER V^ FINANCIAL METHODS. 



1. Xo pecuniary obligation shall be contracted without ex- 

 press sanction of the Academy or the Executive Committee. It 

 is understood however that all ordinary expenses in connection 

 with the meetings have the permanent sanction of the Academy 

 without special action. 



2. Every creditor of the Academy must present to the 

 Treasurer an itemised bill certified by the official ordering it, and 

 approved by the President. The Treasurer may then approve 

 and pay the amount out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, 

 and the receipted bill shall be held as his voucher. 



3. At each annual meeting the President shall call upon 

 the Academy to choose two members who are not officers of the 

 society, to whom shall be referred the books of the Treasurer 

 duly posted and balanced to the first day of the Annual Meeting 

 as specified in Chap. II, Sec. 2. of the By-Laws. These Audi- 

 tors shall examine the accounts and vouchers of the Treasurer 



