The Secretary, unless other provision be made, shall also act 

 as Editor of the publications of the Society, and as Librarian 

 and Custodian of the property. 



5 The Treasurer shall have the custody of all funds of the 

 Society. He shall keep account of receipts and disbursements 

 in detail, and this shall be audited as hereinafter provided. 



6. The Society may elect an Editor, to supervise all matters 

 connected with the publication of the transactions of the Society 

 under the direction of the Council, and to perform the duties of 

 Librarian until such time as, in the opinion of the Council, the 

 Society should make that an independent office. 



7. The Council is clothed with executive authority, and with 

 the legislative powers of the Society in the intervals between its 

 meetings ; but no extraordinary act of the Council shall remain 

 in force beyond the next following stated meeting, without rati- 

 fication by the Society. The Council shall have control of the 

 publications of the Society, under provisions of the By-Laws, 

 and of resolutions from time to time adopted. They shall re- 

 ceive nominations for Fellows, and on approval by them, shall 

 submit such nominations to the Society for action. They shall 

 have power to fill vacancies ad interim, in any of the offices of 

 the Society. 



8. Terms of Office. The President and Vice-Presidents 

 shall be elected annually, and shall not be eligible to re-election 

 more than once until after an interval of three years after retir- 

 ing from office. 



The Secretary and Editor shall be eligible to re-election 

 without limitation. 



The term of office of the Councilors shall be three years; 

 and these officers shall be so grouped that two shall be elected, 

 and two retire each year. Councilors retired shall not be re- 

 eligible till after the expiration of a year. 



ARTICLE V. 



VOTING AND ELECTIONS. 



1. All elections shall be by ballot. To elect a Fellow, Cor- 

 respondent or Patron, or impose any special tax, shall require 

 the assent of nine tenths of all Fellows voting. 



