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TENTH REPORT. 
hereafter provided. And hereafter in this constitution and by-laws the word 
“'Resident Member” , shall be understood to include also said delegates, 
unless otherwise expressly stated. 
ARTICLE IV: Officers. 
1. The officers of the Academy shall consist of a President, a Vice Presi- 
dent of each section that may be organized, a Secretary and a Treasurer. 
These officers and all past presidents shall constitute an Executive Com- 
mittee, which shall be called the Council. 
2. The President shall discharge the usual duties of a presiding officer at 
all meetings of the Academy, and of the Council. He shall take cognizance 
of the acts of the Academy and of its officers, delegates of affiliated societies 
containing a sufficient number of members of the Academy, as provided in 
Article III, and cause the provisions of the constitution and By-Laws to be 
faithfully carried into effect. He shall also give an address to the Academy 
at the closing meeting of the year for which he is elected. 
3. The duties of the President in case of his absence or disability shall be 
assumed by one of the Vice Presidents who shall be designated by the Council. 
The Vice Presidents shall be chairmen of their respective sections. 
They shall encourage and direct research in the special branches of science 
included within the Sections over which they preside. 
4. The Secretary shall keep the records of the proceedings of the Academy 
and a complete list of the members, with the dates of their election and dis- 
connection with the Academy. He shall also be the Secretary of the Council. 
The Secretary shall co-operate with the President in attending to the 
ordinary affairs of the Society. He shall attend to the preparations, printing 
and mailing of circulars, blanks and notifications of elections and meetings. 
He shall superintend other printing ordered by the Academy, or by the 
President, and shall have charge of its distribution under the direction of 
the Council. 
The Secretary, unless other provision be made, shall also act as Editor of 
the publications of the Academy and as Librarian and Custodian of property. 
5. The Treasurer shall have the custody of all funds of the Academy. 
He shall keep an account of receipts and disbursements in detail, and this 
account shall be audited as hereinafter provided. 
6. The Academy may elect an Editor to supervise all matters connected 
with the publication of the transactions of the Academy, under the direction 
of the Council, and to perform the duties of Librarian until such time as the 
Academy shall make that an independent office. 
7. The Council is clothed with executive authority, and with the legisla- 
tive powers of the Academy in the intervals between the latter’s meetings; 
but no extraordinary act of the Council shall remain in force beyond the next 
following stated meeting, without ratification by the Academy. The Council 
shall have control of the publications of the Academy, under the provisions 
of the By-Laws and of the resolutions from time to time adopted. It shall 
receive nominations for members, and on approval, shall submit such nomi- 
nations to the Academy for action. It shall have power to fill vacancies 
ad interim, in any of the offices of the Academy. 
8. Terms of Office. The President, Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treas- 
urer and Editor shall be elected annually, and be eligible to re-election with- 
out limitation. Delegates shall remain members of the Council as long as 
qualified, according to Article III. 
