rangements for the meeting for which it is appointed except those specifically assigned to the program committee in the case of the annual meeting.

IV.

1. The term of service of each chairman of a section shall be three years, to date from the closing session of the April meeting next following his election. Chairmen of sections shall be chosen by mail ballot, the member receiving the highest number of votes cast to be deemed elected. It shall be the duty of each retiring chairman to conduct the election of his successor and to report the result of the election to the home secretary before the April meeting at which his term of service expires. Should any section fail to elect a chairman before November 1, the president is empowered to appoint a temporary chairman to serve until the April meeting next following. No chairman shall be eligible for reelection for two consecutive terms. 2. The chairman of each section of the academy shall submit to the members of his section, not later than November 1 of each year, a ballot containing the names of all those persons who received not less than two votes in the nominating ballot of the preceding year and of any other persons who were newly proposed for consideration at that time. Each member of the section shall be expected to return this ballot to the chairman within two weeks with his signature and with. crosses placed against the names of those persons whom he is prepared to indorse for nomination. Each member may also write upon the ballot in a place provided for the purpose any new names which he desires to have included in the ballot to be submitted to the section in the following year. The vote resulting from this ballot shall be regarded as informal.

The chairman shall then submit to the members of his section a new ballot showing the results of the informal vote; and each member shall be expected to return this ballot to the chairman with his signature and with crosses placed against the names of those persons whom he will indorse for nomination. In order to secure an adequate number of nominations, the chairman, when necessary, shall obtain by personal solicitation a fuller vote of his section or shall submit to the section a supplementary formal ballot.

The chairman shall then certify to the home secretary, prior to January 1, the names of those persons who have been voted for on the formal ballots by a majority of the members of the section, and shall furnish him a list of the publications of these nominees, as required by the constitution.

3. Nominations for membership shall give the full name, residence, and the official positions successively held by the candidate, in addi

tion to the list of his contributions to science required by the constitution.

4. Preference ballots for election of members shall be sealed in a blank envelope, which shall be inclosed in another bearing the name of the sender, and which shall be addressed to the home secretary. Such envelopes shall be opened only by the tellers. If in any case the tellers are unable to determine who cast a ballot, or if the latter contains more names than are to be voted for, the ballot shall be rejected, but minor defects in a ballot shall be disregarded when the intent of the voter is obvious.

5. All discussions of the claims and qualifications of nominees at meetings of the academy shall be held strictly confidential, and remarks and criticisms then made may be communicated to no person who was not a member of the academy at the time of the discussion.

V.

1. The publication of the proceedings shall be under the general charge of the council, which shall have final jurisdiction upon all questions of policy relating thereto. The preparation of the proceedings for publication shall be intrusted to an editorial board. This board shall consist of a chairman and a managing editor, both of whom shall be appointed by the council for definite terms of service; of the home secretary and foreign secretary ex officiis, and of a body of associate editors representing the various branches of science which are to be included in the scope of the proceedings. The managing editor, who may be a nonmember of the academy, shall receive a salary, which shall be fixed by the council. It shall be the duty of the managing editor to prepare the proceedings in detail for publication; but the chairman of the editorial board shall decide, in consultation with the managing editor, in regard to the acceptance, rejection, or substantial modification of papers offered for publication. The associate editors shall be appointed by the council, upon recommendation of the chairman of the editorial board, for a period of three years, one-third of them retiring annually. The home secretary and the foreign secretary shall be responsible for the distribution of the proceedings in their respective fields.

2. Memoirs may be presented at any time to the home secretary, who shall report the date of their reception at the next session; but no memoir shall be published unless it has been read or presented by title before the academy.

Before publication all biographical and scientific memoirs must be referred to the committee on publication, who may, if they deem best, refer any memoir to a special committee appointed by the president to determine whether the same should be published by the academy.

3. Memoirs shall date, in the records of the academy, from the date of their presentation to the academy, and the order of their presentation shall be so arranged by the secretary that, so far as may be convenient, those upon kindred topics shall follow one another. 4. The annual report of the treasurer shall contain:

1. A concise statement of the source, object, and amount of all trust funds of the academy.

2. A condensed statement of receipts and expenditures.

3. A statement of assets and liabilities.

4. Accounts with individual funds.

5. Such other matter as he considers appropriate.

5. The accounts of the treasurer shall, between January 1 and January 15 of each year, be audited by a committee of three members to be appointed by the president at the autumn meeting of the academy. It shall be the duty of the auditing committee to verify the record of receipts and disbursements maintained by the treasurer and the agreement of book and bank balances; to examine all securities in the custody of the treasurer and to compare the stated income of such securities with the receipts of record; to examine all vouchers covering disbursements for account of the academy and the authority therefor and to compare them with the treasurer's record of expenditures; to examine and verify the account of the academy with each trust fund. The auditing committee may employ an expert accountant to assist the committee in the examination of the books of the treasurer. The annual report of the treasurer shall be published with that of the president to Congress. The reports of the treasurer and auditing committee shall be presented to the academy at the annual meeting.

VI.

1. All apparatus and other materials of permanent value purchased with money from any grant from a trust fund shall be the property of the academy unless specific exception is made in the grant or by subsequent action of the council or the directors of the trust fund concerned. Receipts for all such property shall be signed by the grantee and shall be forwarded to the home secretary. All apparatus and unused material of value acquired in this way shall be delivered to the home secretary on completion of the investigation for which the grant was made, or at any time on demand of the council, and the home secretary shall give an appropriate release therefor.

2. The books, apparatus, archives, and other collections of the academy shall be deposited in some safe place in the city of Washington. A list of the articles so deposited shall be kept by the home secretary, who is authorized to employ a clerk to take charge of them.

3. A stamp corresponding to the corporate seal of the academy shall be kept by the secretaries, who shall be responsible for the due markings of all books and other objects to which it is applicable.

Labels or other proper marks of similar device shall be placed upon objects not admitting of the stamp.

4. The fiscal year of the academy shall end on December 31 of each year.

5. The standing committee on finance shall consist of the treasurer ex officio as chairman and two members to be appointed annually by the president.

VII.

1. Standing committees of the academy on trust funds the income of which is applied to the promotion of research shall consist of three or five members. In order to secure rotation in office in such committees, when not in conflict with the provisions of the deeds of gift, the term of service on a committee of three members shall be three years; on a committee of five members the term shall be five years.

2. The annual reports of the committees on research funds shall, so far as the academy has authority to determine their form, give a current number to each award, stating the name, position, and address of the recipient; the subject of research for which the award is made, and the sum awarded; and in later annual reports the status of the work accomplished under each award previously made shall be announced, until the research is completed, when announcement of its completion and, if published, the title and place of publication shall be stated, and the record of the award shall be reported as closed.

VIII.

1. Any rule of the academy may be amended, suspended, or repealed on the written motion of any two members, signed by them, and presented at a stated meeting of the academy, provided the same shall be approved by a majority of the members present.