member shall be selected by the Academy to furnish a biographical notice of the deceased at the next stated session. If such notice be not then furnished, another member shall be selected by the Academy in place of the first, and so on until the duty is performed. X. The deaths of such eminent scientific men of the country as have taken place since the last session of the Academy shall be announced by the President. The names shall be selected by the Council. XI. All discussions as to the claims and qualifications of candidates, whether at meetings of the Sections, the Classes, or 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. OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND REPORTS. XII. An analysis of the memoirs and reports read in the meetings of the Classes shall be given by the Secretaries of the Classes to the Home Secretary for publication in the proceedings of the Academy. For any failure in this duty, the delinquent officer shall be impeached by the Home Secretary. XIII. The Secretaries shall 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 before the Academy, Class, or Section, and ordered to be published by the Academy. Papers shall be published in the order in which they were registered, but papers which have not been sent to the Secretary within a month from the time of their reading shall not be published without a special vote of the Academy. XIV. Memoirs shall date in the records of the Academy from the day of their presentation to the Academy, and the order of their presentation shall be that on which they were registered, unless changed by consent of the author. XV. The publication of any communication to which objection is made by the Section to which the subject belongs shall be suspended until a second time authorized by a vote of the Academy. XVI. Papers from persons not members, read before the Academy, Classes, or Sections, 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 Committees shall report to the Academy as early as practicable, and not later than the next stated session. If they do not then report, they shall be discharged, and the paper referred to another Committee. XVII. Abstracts of papers published in the transactions of other societies or in journals may be communicated orally to the Academy; and if, on submitting any such communication to a Committee, its publication be approved, it may be ordered for publication on a vote of the Academy. XVIII. Short communications or abstracts of memoirs may be sent by any member to the Home Secretary, who shall, if requested by the author, without delay circulate them among the members. XIX. An Annual of the Academy shall be prepared by the Secretaries, and published on the first day of each year. XX. The printing of the Academy shall be under the charge of the Secretaries and the Treasurer, as a Committee of Publication, who shall report in relation thereto at each January meeting of the Academy. XXI. 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. XXII. The Home Secretary shall present to the Council estimates for books and stationery, binding, &c., required for the use of the Academy. OF THE PROPERTY OF THE ACADEMY. XXIII. The proper Secretary shall acknowledge all donations made to the Academy, and shall report them at the next stated session. XXIV. The books, apparatus, archives, and other property of the Academy shall be deposited in some safe place in the city of Washington. A list of the articles deposited shall be kept by the Home Secretary, who is authorized to employ a clerk to take charge of them. XXV. 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. CHANGES IN THE BY-LAWS. XXVI. Any By-Law of the Academy may be amended 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 at the next stated session. |