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to exclude any of the officers or councilors, whose time shall 

 be expired, from being reelected, according to the pleasure of 

 the Society. 



5. No one shall be esteemed a qualified voter at the elec- 

 tion, who has not subscribed the laws and paid the admission 

 fee, or who is in arrears to the Society, or has not attended a 

 meeting during a whole year next preceding the election. 



6. Of the day, hour, and place of election, notice shall be 

 given by the librarian at least one week before the day of 

 election, in such one or more of the public newspapers of the 

 State of Pennsylvania, as the Society shall direct. 



7. Before opening the election, the company that shall be 

 met at half an hour after two, shall appoint three members 

 of the Society as judges of the election, and also two clerks or 

 secretaries for taking down the names of the voters. 



8. In case of an equality of votes for the candidates for any 

 office, the decision shall be by lot, to be drawn by one of the 

 judges. 



CHAPTER III. 



OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



Section 1. The president shall preside at the meetings, 

 preserve order, regulate the debates, state and put questions 

 agreeably to the sense and intention of the members, and an- 

 nounce the determination of the Society thereupon. 



2. In the absence of the president from a meeting, his duties 

 shall devolve upon the vice-presidents in rotation; or, at his 

 request when present, his duties may be performed by either 

 of the vice-presidents. 



3. If the president and vice-presidents be absent, the mem- 

 bers met shall appoint one of their number to take the chair 

 for the time. 



4. At some time, within the year, the president shall de- 

 liver to the Society a discourse on some literary or scientific 

 subject, accompanied by such suggestions, with regard to the 

 affiiirs of the Society, as he shall judge proper. 



