All members sball be nominated in ilie council, by the application 

 of any three members nr assneiates in good standing through the secre- 

 tary, and sball be eleeted by a majority vote of the council, but no 

 election sball be deemed effective until the treasurer lias received the 

 lirst annual subscription from the nominee, and the publications of the 

 Society shall not be sent to any member subsequently, more than two 

 months in arrears. All membership fees shall be clue and payable at 

 the beginning of the year and no subscription, for the benefit of any 

 member or associate, to the organ of the society shall be made by the 

 treasurer, until this annual fee shall have been paid. 



SECTIONS. To facilitate local intercourse by meetings or otherwise, 

 the Society may establish sections for the members of the Atlantic 

 coast, Pacific coast and Mississippi valley (or other) regions. Meet- 

 ings within each sectional area may be arranged by the local sectional 

 vice-president, and the members of the section may elect temporary 

 officers, except the vice-president when present, and by a majority vote 

 assess such local subscriptions as may be needed to carry on local 

 work, in addition to the regular annual fees. 



NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS. Owing to the scattered distribution 

 of the membership, voting may be by ballot mailed to the secretary, 

 who shall announce the result through the organ of the Society, in the 

 number next following the limit fixed for counting the vote, but no 

 votes by proxy shall be accepted. 



Nominations for officers may be made by any three members or 

 associates, so as to be announced at least one month before the annual 

 election in the Society's organ. Nominations for membership may be 

 made at any time, but at least one month before they are to be acted upon. 



The secretary, treasurer and members of the executive council shall 

 be active or life members, and shall serve until the election of their 

 successors. Elections shall be annual. The president, vice-presidents, 

 secretary and treasurer shall be ex-officio members of the Council. 

 The term of office for the members of the Council (not ex-officio) 

 shall be three years, but three members shall retire each year, and of 

 the nine members elected to the Council at the first election three shall 

 serve one year, three two years, and three the full term, the individuals 

 to be determined by lot ; after which three members shall be elected 

 annually. 



THE COUNCIL. The Council shall conduct the business of the 

 Society, elect members, control expenditures, audit the treasurer's ac- 

 counts, prescribe the duties of Secretary and Treasurer, make rules or 

 by-laws to carry out the details of the organization of the Society, and 

 shall annually report to the Society at least one month before the an- 

 nual election. All new members or associates shall be elected 

 by a majority vote of the Council, not less than five members consti- 

 tuting a quorum. 



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