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Chapter II. 



OF THE OFFICERS, AND MANNER OF THEIR ELECTION. 



Section i. The officers shall be a patron, a president, three 

 vice-presidents, four secretaries, three curators, a treasurer, and 

 twelve councillors. 



2. The governor of the State of Pennsylvania shall be, ex-officio, 

 the patron of the Society. 



3. On the first Friday of January in every year, between the hours 

 of two and five in the afternoon, as many of the members as shall 

 have paid up their arrears due to the Society, and shall have declared 

 their willingness to conform to the laws, regulations, and ordinances 

 of the Society, then duly in force, by subscribing the roll, and who 

 shall attend in the hall, or place of meeting of the society, within 

 the time aforesaid, shall choose by ballot one president, three vice- 

 presidents, four secretaries, three curators, and one treasurer ; and 

 at the same time and place the members, met and qualified as afore- 

 said, shall in like manner choose four members for the council, to 

 hold their offices for three years. Nominations for the elective offi- 

 cers of the Society shall be made at the stated meeting next previous 

 to the day of election. If there should occur a failure of qualified 

 candidates so nominated, others not so nominated may be elected. 

 All officers shall hold office, unless lawfully suspended or removed, 

 until their successors are duly elected and accept. 



4. No person residing within the United States shall be capable 

 of being president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, or member 

 of the council, or of electing to any of the said offices, who is not capa- 

 ble of electing and being elected to civil offices within the State 

 in which he resides. 



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

 by a secretary 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. At the stated meeting next before the 

 election the Society shall appoint three of its members to be judges 

 of the election, and also two clerks for taking down the names of the 

 voters. If at the time of election there should occur a failure of the 

 full number of judges or clerks to be present for the performance of 

 their duties, the electors present shall appoint a member or members 

 to fill up the number. The poll shall be opened at two o'clock in 

 the afternoon and be closed at five o'clock in the afternoon. 



