THE NA TU RE-STUD Y RE VIE IV 



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the Society one hundred dollars shall be permanently enrolled as 

 a patron and entitled to all the privileges of members. All 

 monies collected from life members and patrons shall, under 

 direction of the Council, be invested as a permanent fund and 

 only the income used for expenses of the Society. 



ARTICLE IV— OFFICERS 



i. The officers shall be a President, rive Vice-Presidents, a 

 Secretary-Treasurer, Editor (when the Society assumes financial 

 control of an official journal), ten Directors elected by general 

 vote of the Society, and additional Directors elected by sectional 

 organizations as provided for in Article VI. The President, Vice- 

 Presidents and Secretary-Treasurer shall constitute an Executive 

 Committee for the transaction of routine business authorized by 

 the Council. All the officers together shall constitute a Council 

 with the following duties: Consider and report to the Society all 

 business proposed for a general vote and manage the business of 

 the Society according to the constitution and by-laws. The term 

 of office for the President and Vice-Presidents shall be one year, 

 for the Secretary-Treasurer and Editor two years and for the 

 Directors two years (five of the first Directors shall be elected for 

 one year, and five for two years). 



2. Elections of officers. The Council shall make nominations 

 for all offices and publish them in the official journal before 

 November fifteenth of each year. Members and fellows shall have 

 the right to suggest nominations by mail, and any name thus 

 receiving at least twenty-five votes before October fifteenth 

 shall be published with the nominations by the Council. The 

 annual election shall be held in the last week of December, at a 

 stated meeting if such is ordered by the Council to be held at that 

 time; otherwise by ballots mailed to the Secretary. Members 

 unable to attend any meeting of the Society shall have the right 

 to mail their ballot to the Secretary. All ballots mailed must 

 reach the Secretary before December twentieth, in order to be 

 counted at tire annual election. A majority of the ballots voted 

 by mail and in person shall be sufficient for election. 



Any section of the Society, as provided for in Article VI, con- 

 sisting of more than one hundred members may elect a delegate to 

 serve two years as a Director in the Council of the Society. 



In case of vacancies the Council shall appoint officers for unex- 

 pired terms. 



