﻿AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. lU 



Oil account of the Library, or the publications of the Academy, must be previously approved by 

 the respective committees on these departments. 



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

 members to serve on the different committees of the Academy. 



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 Cosimittees. 



1. At the Annual Meeting there shall be chosen, upon the nomination of the President, the 

 following Standing Committees, to serve for the year ensuing, viz. : — 



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

 shall recommend to the Academy, from time to time, any measures that they may think ought 

 to be adopted concerning the disposition and management of the funds and trusts of the 

 Academy, including all questions of appropriations and expenditures. 



3. The Eumford Committee, of five Fellows, to consider and report on all applications for 

 the Rumford Premium. 



4. The Committee of Publication, of three Fellows, to whom all memoirs submitted to the 

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

 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 accoimts of the Treasurer. 



CHAPTER V. 



Op the Secretaries. 



1. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Academy, recording- 

 or making an entry of all letters written in its name, and preserving on file all letters which are 



