BY-LAWS. 



BY-LAWS AMENDED TO DECEMBER 5, 1898 . 



Chapter I. 

 Officers. 



1. President. It shall be the duty of the President, or, in his 

 absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, to preside at the business 

 and special meetings of the Academy ; he shall exercise the 

 customary powers of a presiding officer. 



2. Con^esponding Secretmy. The Corresponding Secretary 

 shall keep a corrected list of the Honorary and Corresponding 

 members, their titles and addresses, and shall conduct all cor- 

 respondence with them. He shall make a report to the Acad- 

 emy at the Annual Meeting. 



3. Recording Secretary. The Recording Secretary shall keep 

 the minutes of the Academy proceedings ; he shall have charge 

 of all documents belonging to the Academy ; shall keep a cor- 

 rected list of Resident Members and Fellows ; shall send to 

 Resident Members and Fellows announcements of. the meetings 

 of the Academy ; shall notify all Members and Fellows of their 

 election and committees of their appointment ; shall give notice 

 to the Treasurer and to the Council of matters requiring their 

 action, and shall bring before the Academy business presented 

 by the Council ; he shall make a report to the Academy at the 

 Annual Meeting. 



4. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge of all moneys 

 belonging to the Academy, under the direction of the Council, 

 and of their investment. He shall receive all fees, dues and 

 contributions to the Academy, and any income that may accrue 

 from property and investments ; shall report at the Council 

 meeting in January the names of members in arrears ; shall keep 

 the property of the Academy insured, and shall pay all debts 

 against the Academy, the discharge of which shall be ordered 

 by the Council. He shall report to the Council from time to 

 time the state of the finances, and at the Annual Meeting shall 

 report to the Academy the receipts and expenditures of the en- 

 tire year. 



