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with twelve members-at-large, elected as hereinafter prescribed, shall 

 constitute the Board of Managers. 



2. The duties of the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treas- 

 urer shall be such as usually pertain to those offices. 



3. Officers shall be elected annually bj'' the Board of Managers, and 

 shall hold office until their successors are chosen. 



ARTICLE V. — PUBLICATION ORGAN. 



The Board of Managers shall be empowered to designate some 

 periodical as the official organ of the Society, and to make such financial 

 arrangements as may be necessary to insure the free distribution of such 

 journal to the members. 



ARTICLE VI. — BOARD OF MANAGERS. 



The management of the Society shall be vested in the Board of 

 Managers, which shall elect all officers, appoint all other committees, 

 administer funds, arrange for publication and meetings, and transact 

 other business. They shall prepare and print in the official organ in 

 advance of each annual meeting a report of their operations for the cur- 

 rent year. 



ARTICLE VII. — MEETINGS. 



1. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held in December of 

 each year, at the call of the Board. At this meeting the reports of 

 officers shall be read and announcement made of elections to the Board 

 of Managers. 



2. Meetings of the Board may be held under such conditions as they 

 may prescribe. Five members shall constitute a quorum. 



ARTICLE Vni.— ELECTIONS. 



1. Members-at-large of the Board of Managers, shall be divided 

 originally by lot into three classes of four members each ; those in Class 

 I shall serve until December, 1902 ; those in Class II until December, 

 1903 ; and those in Class III until December, 1904. Thereafter, each 

 class shall be elected for a term of three years. 



2. Elections of members to the Board shall be conducted as follows : 

 On or before October 1 of each year, the outgoing Board shall prepare 

 a list of not less than two nominations to each vacancy, and shall print 

 the same in the next issue of the Society's official organ. Any ten or 

 more members of the Society may thereafter file with the Secretary 

 additional nominations, the revised list being printed in the succeeding 

 issue. Members may then forward their ballots by mail to the Secre- 

 tary^ at any time before the date of the annual meeting in December, the 

 polls closing at 12 M. on that day. The four or more persons receiving 

 the highest number of votes shall be declared elected as members of the 

 Board of Managers. 



3. Vacancies occurring by resignation or otherwise may be filled by 

 the Board until the date of the next annual election, when they shall be 

 filled by nomination and ballot in the manner above prescribed for 

 regular vacancies, the terms of successful candidates being adjusted on 

 the i)rinciple of the largest vote to the longest term. 



