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lot, except the Executive Committee, whose terms of office shall be so arranged 

 that two vacancies sluill occur annually. 



ARTICLE III.— ANNUAL MEETING. 



The annual meeting for the election of officers shall be on ihe first Tuesday 

 in December in each y^'dv; the officers elecied at such meeting to cummeuce 

 service on the first of January following. 



ARTICLE IV.— EXPIR.VTION OP TERM OF OFFICE. 



The officers shall remain and perform tbeir respective duties until their suc- 

 cessors are elected and have accepted, but the regular term of office shall 

 expire on the 31st of December in each year. 



ARTICLE V.-TIME OF HOLDING MEETINGS. 



The Society may hold a meeting on the first Tuesday of each month, at such, 

 place as the Executive Committee shall designate. 



ARTICLE VL— MEMDERSIIIP FEE. 



Every person who subscribes, or who may subscribe to these articles, and pay 

 to the Treasurer the sum of one dollar per annum in advance, shall be entitled 

 to membership, unless otherwise voted at a regular meeting of the Society. 



ARTICLE VII.-DISBURSEMENTS. 



No money shall be disbursed except on an order signed by the President and 

 countersigned by the Secretary by direction of the Executive Committee. 



ARTICLE VIII —AMENDMENTS. 



The3e articles may be amended at any regular meeting of the Society, by a 

 majority vote of such meeting, provided one month's notice shall have been 

 given of such amendment. 



ARTICLE IX.— AMOUNT OP PROPERTY. 



The Society may hold personal and real estate to the amount of twenty 

 thousand dollars. 



ARTICLE X.— BY LAWS. 



By-Laws may be passed at any regular meeting, but a month's notice may 

 be required. 



ARTICLE XL— TREASURER'S BONDS. 



The Executive Committee shall require of the Treasurer such security as 

 they may deem necessary for the safe keeping and proper disbursement of the 

 funds of the Society in his hands. 



BY-LAWS. 

 SECTION I —THE PRESIDENT. 



1. The President shall be the executive officer of the Society and of tho 

 Executive Board. 



2. He shall see that the rules and vegul;itions of the Executive Board nre 

 duly observed and enforced, and in the absence of established rules touching 



