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5. Special meetings may be called at any time upon call of the President, 

 by written notice mailed to each member five days before the meeting. 

 Special meetings shall be called by the President whenever required to do so 

 in writing by any ten members. 



6. At the annual meeting a Board of seven Directors shall be elected, of 

 whom four present and voting shall constitute a quorum at any board meeting. 



7. The Directors shall be elected for a period of two years except at the 

 time of organization, when four shall be elected for two years and three for 

 one year. In succeeding election all members elected to the Directorate shall 

 be elected for the full period of two years. A retiring member may be re- 

 elected. 



8. The officers shall consist of a President, Vice-President, Secretary and 

 two Auditors. 



9. The President, Vice-President and Secretary shall be chosen by the 

 Directors from among themselves at the first board meeting after the annual 

 meeting. The Auditors shall be elected at the annual meeting at the time of 

 the election of Directors. 



10. The Directors may select three of their number to act as an Executive 

 Committee (the President to serve as Chairman) to have general charge of 

 the afifairs of the Association. 



11. The President shall preside at all meetings. He shall call meetings of 

 the Board of Directors and members when necessary, and shall advise with 

 and render such assistance to the Manager as may be in his power. In his 

 absence the Vice-President shall have and exercise all rights and powers of 

 the President. 



12. The Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of all meetings, 

 and of all receipts and disbursements and report the condition of the finances 

 annually or as often as the Directors shall desire. 



13. The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the work of the As- 

 sociation. They shall closely supervise the work of the Manager and shall 

 deal with misdemeanors of members. They shall carry on educational work 

 among members of the Association by the distribution^ of educational litera- 

 ture, and by arranging for educational meetings from time to time. 



14. It shall be the duty of the Auditors to examine the accounts of the As- 

 sociation twice during the year (July ist and January ist). The July report 

 of the Auditors shall be made to the Board of Directors, and the January 

 report at the general meeting. The Auditors, however, possess the right to 

 examine the accounts whenever they so desire. 



15. The Board of Directors shall employ a business Manager who shall also 

 act as Treasurer of the Association. The business Manager shall not be a 

 member of the Board of Directors. 



16. When a vacancy shall occur through any cause in any of the offices 

 established by the Constitution and By-laws of the Association, it shall be 

 filled at the next regular or special meeting. 



17. The Directors of the Association have full power to expel any member 

 who refuses or neglects to comply with the rules of the Association. 



18. All the elections shall be by ballot, plurality electing, conducted by two 

 scrutineers appointed by the Chairman. 



19. This Constitution, or any part thereof, may be amended at any regular 

 or special meeting by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members present. 



