BY-LAWS OF THE INSTITUTION. 



Adopted December 13, 1904. 



Article I. 



THE TRUSTEES. 



1. The Board of Trustees shall consist of twenty-four members, 

 with power to increase its membership to not more than twenty- 

 seven members. The Trustees shall hold office continuously and 

 not for a stated term. 



2. In case any Trustee shall fail to attend three successive annual 

 meetings of the Board he shall thereupon cease to be a Trustee. 



3. No Trustee shall receive any compensation for his services as 

 such. 



4. All vacancies in the Board of Trustees shall be filled by the 



Trustees by ballot. No person shall be elected, however, who shall 



not have been nominated at a preceding annual or special meeting, 



except b)^ the unanimous consent of the members present at a 



meeting. 



Article II. 



MEETINGS. 



1 . The annual meeting of the Board of Trustees shall be held in 

 the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on the second 

 Tuesday of December in each j'-ear. 



2. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Executive 

 Committee by notice served personally upon, or mailed to the usual 

 address of, each Trustee twenty days prior to the meeting. 



3. Special meetings shall, moreover, be called in the same manner 



by the Chairman upon the written request of seven members of the 



Board. 



Article III. 



officers of the board. 



1. The officers of the Board shall be a Chairman of the Board, a 

 Vice- Chairman, and a Secretary, who shall be elected by the Trustees, 

 from the members of the Board, by ballot to serve for a term of three 

 years. All vacancies shall be filled by the Board for the unexpired 

 term ; provided, however, that the Executive Committee shall have 

 power to fill a vacancy in the office of Secretary to serve until the 

 next meeting of the Board of Trustees. 



2. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings and shall have the 

 usual powers of a presiding officer. 



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