The executive board shall transact the general business of the 

 society and shall perfonn such other duties as siiall seem l)est 

 calculated to promote the objects of the society. 



(Section 5. There shall be an annual meeting of the society on 

 the third Wednesday in January, in the city of Albany, at which 

 time all the officers shall be elected by a plurality of votes and by 

 ballot. 



The executive board shall have power to fill any vacancies 

 whicli may occur in the offices of the society during the year. The 

 society may be convened in special meeting by the executive 

 board and fifteen members shall constitute a quonmi. Xo per- 

 son shall be qualified to vote at any election of officers of the 

 society unless he shall have been a life member for at least thirty 

 days prior to the holding of such election. 



Section 6. Xo officer of the society shall receive any pecuniary 

 compensation for services rendered to or for the society, except 

 on the authority of the society granted at a regular annual 

 meeting. 



Section 7. The constitution mav be amended by a vote of two- 

 thirds of the life members present at an annual meeting. 



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