APPENDIX B.

RULES.

I. In the absence of any officer a member shall be chosen to perform his duties temporarily, by a plurality of viva voce votes, upon open nomination.

II. 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.

III. A committee of arrangements, consisting of five members, shall be appointed by the president for each stated session of the academy. This committee shall meet not less than two weeks previous to each session. It shall be in session during the meetings to make arrangements for the reception of the members, to arrange the business of each day, and, in general, to attend to all business and scientific arrangements.

It shall be the duty of the committee of arrangements to ascertain the length of time required for reading the several memoirs presented, and, when it appears advisable, to recommend a limit of time. to be occupied in their discussion.

IV. At the meetings the order of business shall be as follows:

1. Chair taken by the president, or, in his absence, by the vice president.

2. Roll of members called by home secretary (first session of the meeting only).

3. Minutes of the preceding meeting read and approved.

4. Stated business.

5. Reports of president, secretaries, treasurer, and committees. 6. Business from council.

7. Other business.

8. On the last day of the session the rough minutes of that day's proceedings are to be read for correction.

V. The rules of order of the academy shall be those of the Senate of the United States, unless suspended by unanimous consent.

VI. Unless otherwise ordered by the academy, the scientific meetings at the April session shall be held in the afternoon, the mornings being reserved for business.

VII. At each meeting the president shall announce the death of any members who may have died since the preceding meeting. As soon as practicable thereafter he shall designate a member to writeor with the approval of the president to secure from some other source a biographical notice of each deceased member.

VIII. The secretaries will receive memoirs at any time, and 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 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.

IX. 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.

X. Papers from persons not members read before the academy and intended for publication shall be referred at the meeting at which they are read to a committee of members competent to judge whether the paper is worthy of publication. Such committee shall report to the academy as early as practicable, and not later than the next stated session.

XI. The annual report of the academy may be accompanied by a memorial to Congress in regard to such investigations and other subjects as may be deemed advisable, recommending appropriations therefor when necessary.

XII. The proper secretary shall acknowledge all donations made. to the academy, and shall report them at the next stated session. XIII. The books, apparatus, archives, and other collections of the academy shall be deposited in some safe place in the city of Wash

ington. 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.

XIV. A stamp corresponding to the corporate seal of the academy shall be kept by the secretaries, who shall be responsible for the due marking 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.

XV. The treasurer is authorized to defray, when approved by the president, all the proper expenses of committees appointed to make scientific investigations at the request of departments of the Government, and in each case to look to the department requesting the investigation for reimbursement to the academy.

XVI. Nominations for membership should state the full name, residence, the official position, and the special scientific studies of the candidate. A form of nomination shall be prepared by the home secretary.

XVII. Ballots for election of members may be sent by sealing them up in a blank envelope, and inclosing this in another, across the back of which is written the name of the sender, and which is addressed to the home secretary; such envelopes will be opened only by the tellers.

XVIII. All discussions as to the claims and qualifications of nominees at meetings of the academy will 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.

XIX. 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 session of the academy, provided the same shall be approved by a majority of the members present.

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

XXI. 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.

XXII. The home secretary shall keep a record of all grants of money or awards of prizes or medals made from trust funds of the

academy. The record for each grant of money shall include the following items:

1. Name of fund.

2. Date and number of the grant.

3. Name and address of recipient.

4. Amount of grant and date or dates of payment.

5. Purpose of grant.

6. Record or report of progress.

7. Resulting publications.

XXIII. The treasurer shall keep the home secretary informed of all warrants received from directors of trust funds not controlled by the academy and of the date or dates of payment of all warrants.

XXIV. A suitable summary of the annual reports of committees or directors concerning the trust funds of the academy (required by Rule XXII) shall be included in the annual report of the president of the academy to Congress.

XXV. 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.

XXVI. 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, not including the president. 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. On adoption of this rule the president shall reappoint all committees coming under it, designating by lot or otherwise the term of service of each member, so that thereafter there shall be one vacancy each year in each such committee.

XXVII. That the holders of the Medal for Eminence in the Application of Science to the Public Welfare shall be notified, like members, of the meetings of the academy, and invited to participate in its scientific sessions.

By a resolution adopted January 12, 1864, the president is ex officio a member of all government committees of the academy.