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are approved by the Executive Committee may be 

 elected to membership by a majority of the members 

 present at any meeting of the society. 



Sect. ii. Each member shall pay to the Treasurer 

 an annual assessment of two dollars, w^hich shall be 

 considered due at the annual meetin"-. The name of 

 any member two years in arrears for annual assess- 

 ments shall be erased from the list of the societ}'; and 

 no such person shall be restored until he has paid his 

 arrearages or has been reelected. 



ARTICLE III. 



OFFICERS. 



Section i. The officers of this societ}^ shall be a 

 President, three Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a 

 Treasurer. 



Sect. ii. These officers shall be elected by ballot 

 at the annual meeting of the society, and their official 

 term shall commence at the close of the annual 

 meeting. 



Sect. hi. The same person shall not be eligible 

 as President more than two successive years, nor as 

 Vice-President more than three successive years, and 

 one Vice-President shall retire each 3'ear. 



Sect. iv. The officers named in Section i shall 

 discharge the duties usually assigned to these respec- 

 tive officers; they, together with two members elected 

 from the society at large, shall constitute the Execu- 

 tive Committee. The Executive Committee shall 

 recommend to the. society from time to time such 

 measures as they may deem expedient for the purposes 



