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ber to suoport our official organ, The Swiss Cross, but 

 all these matters are left to local option. It is well, in 

 a final section, to define the manner in which your by- 

 laws may be amended. 



The second article, concerning officers, should con- 

 tain a clause limiting the time during which the vari- 

 ous offices may be held ; but as the address of your 

 president or secretary is to be published in The Swiss 

 Cross and in the Official Register, for the benefit of 

 other chapters, those officers should be made permanent 

 if possible. In any case, you should decide on some 

 address for the chapter, which may remain unaltered, 

 whatever official changes may occur. This matter of 

 an exact and permanent address is of the highest im- 

 portance. 



In societies where members are of nearly the same 

 age, the decision of the majority should be regarded 

 as absolute, and be cheerfully agreed to by the minority. 

 In family chapters, and those under the direction of a 

 teacher, it is well to have a by-law giving the pres- 

 ident the power of veto, and making a three-fourths 

 vote necessary to pass a motion over his veto. Such 

 branches may, if they choose, constitute simple classes, 

 and remain entirely subject to the control of parent or 

 teacher. The Constitution leaves each branch entirely 

 free in these matters. 



The first duty of your secretary, after having re- 

 corded the minutes of your meeting for organization, 

 will be to send to the President of the Association an 

 account of the formation of the chapter, giving the 

 date of organization, the names and addresses of your 

 officers, and the names and ages of all your members. 

 Once a year thereafter, a report of progress will be 

 expected, and we shall also be glad to hear from every 

 .chapter informally at any time. The nature of this 

 annual report can best be learned by a study of those 



