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ARTICLE V. — TERMS OF OFFICE. 



The officers specified in Article II shall hold their offices until the 

 thirty-first day of December of the year for which they were elected, and 

 thereafter until their successors shall have been elected, and shall have 

 signified to the secretary their acceptance: Provided, That the terms 

 of office of the six members of the executive board shall be so arranged 

 that but two regular vacancies shall occur in each year. 



ARTICLE VL — ANNUAL AND LIFE MEMBERS. 



Any person may become a member of the society for one year by pay- 

 ing to the treasurer the sum of one dollar; and the yearly term of all 

 annual memberships shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of 

 the year for which they were taken, but be regarded as continuous, except 

 as may be provided by the by-laws. Any person may become a life mem- 

 ber by the payment at any one time of the sum of ten dollars into the 

 treasury of the society. 



ARTICLE VII. — AMOUNT OR LIMIT OF PROPERTY. 



The society may hold real and personal estate to an amount not exceed- 

 ing twenty thousand dollars. 



ARTICLE VIII. — BY-LAWS. 



By-laws for the government of the society shall be framed, and when 

 needful, amended by the executive board; but changes thereof may be at 

 any time proposed by the society in general meeting. 



ARTICLE IX. — AMENDMENTS. 



This constitution may be amended at any regular meeting of the society 

 by a vote, by ballot, of two thirds of all the members present and voting: 

 Provided, That notice of such proposed amendment, specifying its pur- 

 port, shall have been given at the last previous regular meeting. 



