﻿■n STATUTES OF THE 



be held in the Hall of the 'Academy, in Boston. At these meetings only, or at meetings ad- 

 journed from these and regularly notified, shall appropriations of money be made, or alterations 

 of the statutes or standing votes of the Academy be effected. 



2. Fifteen Fellows shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a stated meet- 

 ing. Seven Fellows shall be sufficient to constitute a meeting for scientific communications 

 and discussions. 



3. The Recording Secretary shall notify the meetings of the Academy to each Fellow residing 

 in Boston and the vicinity ; and he may cause the meetings to be advertised, whenever he deems 

 such further notice to be needful. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Of the Election op Fellows and Ho:noraky Members. 



1. Elections shall be made by ballot, and only at the stated meetings in May, November, 

 and January. 



2. Candidates for election as Resident Fellows must ha proposed by two or more Resident 

 Fellows, in a recommendation signed by them, specifying the section to which the nomination 

 is made ; which recommendation shall be read at a stated meeting, and then stand on the nom- 

 ination list during the interval between two stated meetings, and until the balloting. No person 

 shall be elected a Resident Fellow, unless he shall have been resident in this Commonwealth 

 one year next preceding his election ; and any Resident Fellow, hereafter elected, who shall 

 reside out of the Commonwealth for the term of five years, and shall discontinue the pay- 

 ment of his assessments during that time, shall be deemed to have abandoned his fellowship ; 

 provided, nevertheless, that this abandonment of fellowship for non-residence shall not apply 

 to persons engaged in the service of the State, or of the United States. 



3. The nomination of Associate Fellows shall take place in the manner prescribed in refer- 

 ence to Resident Fellows ; and after such nomination shall have been publicly read at a stated 

 meeting previous to that when the balloting takes place, it shall be referred to a Council for 

 Nomination ; and a written approval, authorized and signed at a meeting of said Council by at 

 least seven of its members, shall be requisite to entitle the candidate to be balloted for. The 

 Council may in like manner originate nominations of Associate Fellows ; which must be read 

 at a stated meeting previous to the election, and be exposed on the nomination list during tlie 

 interval. 



