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board. Any resident member who shall at one time contribute fifty 

 (50) dollars to the funds of the societj^, shall be a life member, free 

 from assessment. 



ARTICLE IV. 



Resident members only shall be entitled to vote, or to hold office. 

 Corresponding and honorarj^ members may attend the meetings and 

 take part in the scientific discussions of the society. 



ARTICLE V. 



Section 1. The officers of the society shall be a president, two vice- 

 presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, a librarian, curators, and four (4) 

 members elected at large for the executive board, and two trustees as 

 . provided for in Section 3 of this article. The}' shall be elected annu- 

 ally, at the meeting in April, and shall hold office for the term of one 

 year, and until their successors are duly elected. 



Sec. 2. The president, two vice-presidents, secretary and treasurer, 

 and the four (4) members elected at large for the executive board, 

 shall together constitute a board for the management of the concerns 

 of the society, not otherwise provided for in this constitution, and be 

 called the executive board. Five (5) members of the board shall be a 

 quorum for the transaction of business. 



Sec. 3. Two trustees shall be elected at the next annual meet- 

 ing, one of whom shall hold office for the term of one year, and the 

 other for two years, and thereafter there shall be elected annually one 

 trustee who shall hold his office for two years: and these two trus 

 tees, together with the treasurer of the society, shall be intrusted with 

 and have charge of, all funded property of the societ}^, with power to 

 sell and re-invest according to their judgment. Bonds shall be re- 

 quired of these trustees, in such sums, and with such sureties, as may 

 be satisfactorj^ to the executive board; but the treasurer shall not be 

 required to give bond both as treasurer and as trustee. 



article VI. 



Officers shall be chosen by ballot, and a majority of votes shall be 

 sufficient for a choice. 



ARTICLE VII. 



By-Laws for the more particular regulation of the society shall 

 from time to time be made. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



This Constitution may be altered or amended in any of the preced- 

 ing articles by a vote to that effect of three fourths of the members 



