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treasurer shall be members ex officio; of which board four members being present shall con- 

 stitute a quorum for the transaction of business, provided tliat each member shall have been 

 duly notified of the lime and place of meeting. All of the above officers to be elected an- 

 nuall}^ by ballot. 



AKTICLE III. — PROPEKTY. 



This society may hold personal and real estate to the amount of ten thousand dollars. 



ARTICLE IV. — MEMBERSHIP. 



Any gentleman may become an annual member by the payment of one dollar each year 

 in advance, and may become a life member by the payment of ten dollars. 



Any lady may become an annual member by the payment of fifty cents each year in ad- 

 vance, and a life member by the payment of five dollars. 



ARTICLE V. — DISTRICT. 



The district or territory in which this Society may carry on its operations shall consist of 

 the counties of Kent, Montcalm, Ionia, Barry, Allegan, Ottawa, and Muskegon, in the State 

 of Michigan. 



ARTICLE VI. — ANNUAL MEETING. 



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

 each year; the officers elected at such meeting to commence service on the first Tuesday in 

 November next following. 



ARTICLE VII. — EXPIRATION OP TERM OF OFFICE. 



The officers shall perform their respective duties until their successors are elected and have 

 accepted. But the regular term of ofiice expires as indicated in Article 6ih. 



ARTICLE VIIL — MEETINGS. 



The time and place for holding the regular meetings shall be at the cit}'- of Grand Rapids, 

 on the first Tuesday in each month ; yet the Executive Board may change the time of any 

 regular meeting to any other day, should circumstances seem to demand it, and may also 

 call special meetings, and designate the place for such. 



ARTICLE IX. — DISBURSEMENTS. 



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



ARTICLE X. — BY-LAW'S. 



By-laws not in confliction with these articles may be adopted at any regular meeting of 

 the Society, one month's notice having been given. 



ARTICLE XI. — AMENDMENTS. 



These Articles may be amended at any regular meeting of the Society, provided such 

 amendment shall have been noticed at the regular meeting preceding. 



Signed by — 



C. J. DIETRICH, GEO. W. DICKINSON, 



E. BRADFIELD, A. S. WHITE, 



A. T. LINDERMAN, JOHN SUTTLE, 



REUBEN H. SMITH, WM. ROWE, 



C. N. MERRIMAN. H. R. PIERCE, 



WM. I. BLAKELY, S. L. FULLER, 



HENRY HOLT, D. L. ARNOLD. 



BY-LAWS.— ADOPTED MARCH 3, 1874. 



PRESIDENT. 



Section 1. The President shall be the executive ofiicer of the Society, and of the Exec- 

 utive Board, and shall preside at all meetings. He shall see that the rules and regulations 

 are duly observed and enforced. He shall have the best interests of the Society at heart, 

 and shall lead in forwarding any enterprise that shall add to its use or popularity. 



VICE-PRESIDENT. 



Sec. 2. The Vice-President shall, in the absence of the President, perform all the duties 

 of said oflSce ; and in case of resignation or removal, either by death or otherwise, of the 

 President, the duties of the ofiice shall devolve upon the Vice-President, for the remainder 

 of the term for which they were elected. 



