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shall be forwarded regularly to that department, or the Secretary of the 

 Club may report to the department for the entire club after the bulletins 

 have been discussed at a meeting. 



Article I V— Officers 

 The officers of the club shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, 

 a Treasurer, and a Corresponding Secretary, who shall be elected at the 

 first regular meeting succeeding the adoption of this Constitution, to hold 

 office until the next regular annual meeting, when their successors shall 

 be elected, as prescribed in Article VI of this Constitution. 



Article V — Executive council 

 The officers of this club shall constitute an executive council, which 

 shall have general supervision of all the interests of the club. They shall 

 fix the number of meetings (not fewer than ten), and the time and place 

 of such meetings, except as provided for in Article VI. They shall fill 

 all vacancies in office that may occur, except as otherwise provided for 

 in Article I of the By-Laws. They shall arrange the year's program. 



Article VI — Annual meeting 



Section i. — The annual meeting for the election of officers and the 

 receiving of annual reports, and for any other business that may come 



regularly before the club, shall be held at 



The term of officers shall be for one year, or until their successors are 

 elected and qualified. 



Section 2. — Nominations shall be 



Note: Each society determines its own method of 



Nomination nominating candidates for office. Some societies have 



of nominations from the floor, which are public; others 



candidates have nominations by an informal ballot, which is secret. 



A nomination is not an election; the election itself must 



be by a formal or regular ballot. Some societies prefer nominations 



by a committee, which prepares them in accordance with the 



Constitution of their organization. Some societies require only one 



ticket; others, two. The nominations by committee do not elect. 



Section j. — The election shall be by ballot, a majority vote constituting 

 an election. 



Note: The elections in voluntary assemblies are usually by ballot. 

 Where there is but one candidate or one ticket, according to Roberts, 

 the Secretary, by unanimous vote of the society, may be authorized to 

 cast one ballot. 



