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ARTICLE yi. — MEMBERSHIP FEE. 



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

 pays to the Treasurer tlie 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 bo disbursed except on an order signed by the President and 

 countersi£ri]cd bv tlie Secretary bv direction of the Executive Committee. 



ARTICLE VIII. — AMENDMENTS. 



These 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 

 sjiven of such amendment. 



ARTICLE IX. — AMOUNT OF 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 XI. — 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 tlie Society in his hands. 



BY-LAWS. 



[Adopted December, 187_'.] 



SECTION I. — THE PRESIDENT. 



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

 Executive Board. 



2. Jle shall see tliat the rules and regulations of the Executive Board are 

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

 particular cases and when beyond the reach of the Executive Board, he shall 

 have power to institute rules, by and with tlio consent of the Secretary, pro- 

 vided such rules be not in conflict with any established by the Board, subject, 

 however, to the action of the Executive Board at its subsequent meeting. 



3. In conjunction witli the Secretary, the President shall prepare regularly 

 an order of business for the meetings of the Society. 



4. The President shall have the best interests of tlie Society at heart, and 

 shall lead in forwarding any enterprise that shall add to the use or popularity 



