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a sufficient sum to defray publication charges, at a rate not exceeding $2.00 per 
octavo page, and pay for all cuts or illustrations. 
(At present the Academy bears a part of the expenses of publication.) 
Chapter 4. — Order of Business. 
1. Call to order by Presiding Officer. 
2. Statements by President. 
3. Report of Council. 
4. Report of Treasurer. 
5. Election of Officers. 
6. Declaration of results of election of Officers. 
7. Reports of Committees. 
8. Announcements. 
9. Unfinished Business. 
10. New Business. 
At the monthly meetings the order of business shall be: 
1. Call to order by the President. 
2. Statements by the President. 
3. Presentation of memoirs, and discussion. 
4. Report of Council. 
5. Announcements. 
Chapter 5. — Election of Officers and Other Members of the Council. 
( Added April 12, 1895.) 
The Honorary Secretary shall send to each member a circular letter including 
a list of the Fellows, with a request to send in a ballot nominating each officer 
and other members of the Council. The ballot must be received by the Honorary 
Secretary by May 15. The Council will select two from the three nominees 
receiving the highest number of nominations for each position, and prepare a 
ballot to be sent to each member of the Academy in time to permit his vote being 
received previous to the June meeting, at which time the votes will be counted. 
Chapter 6. — Permanent Members. 
(Added January 11, 1896.) 
Any Member of the Academy may become a “Permanent Member” on payment 
of fifty dollars; all “Permanent Members” to be free from all subsequent assess- 
ments. 
The money received from this source shall be invested as a permanent fund, 
the interest of which may be used towards paying for the printing of the tran- 
sactions of the Academy or for such other purposes as the Council may determine. 
Chapter 7. — Proxies. 
(Added October 3, 1899.) 
A proxy may be used at a meeting of the Council only when necessary to con- 
stitute a quorum, and such proxy may be held only by a duly elected member of 
the Council. 
