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Skct. 26. Field Meetings sliali he lield at such times and places as 

 the Field-meeting- Committee may designate. 



Sect. 27. The Board of l^irectors shall meet on the first and third 

 Mondays of each month, at 7 o'clock, r. m., at the Rooms of the Insti- 

 tute, and at such other times as they may be called together by the 

 President. 



Skct. 28. Five members shall be a Quorum for holding any meeting 

 of the Institute, or of the Board of Directors, but any less number, 

 of whom the Secretary shall be one, may have power to adjourn the 

 meeting. 



Sect. 29. Officers shall be elected at the Annual Meeting, but va- 

 cancies may be filled by election at any Regular Meeting. 



Sect. 30. All Elections shall be by ballot, and by a majority of the 

 members present and voting. 



ARTICLE VI. — DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. 



Section 31. The President, or in his absence one of the Vice- 

 Presidents, shall preside at all meetings of the Institute, and of the 

 Board of Directors. The President shall be ex officio Chairman of the 

 Finance Committee. 



Sect. 32. The Secretary shall give notice of all meetings and record 

 their proceedings; shall notify all members and officers of their elec- 

 tion; shall have charge of all papers and documents relating to the 

 general business of the Institute; shall conduct the general corres- 

 pondence ; and shall report the doings of the Institute during the year, 

 at the Annual Meeting. He shall acknowledge the receipt of all dona- 

 tions except those to the Library. He shall record in a book kept for 

 that special purpose the By-laws of the Society and the names of its 

 members, with the date of their election, and whenever any alteration, 

 amendment, or repeal of the By-laws is made, the same shall be en- 

 tered in said book. He shall be ex officio Chairman of the Field-meet- 

 ing Committee, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of 

 Directors shall from time to time designate by vote. 



Sect. 33. The Treasurer shall be ex officio a member of the Finance 

 Committee, and shall keep an exact account of all his receipts and 

 expenditures, and shall submit his report, after examination by the 

 Auditor, at the Annual Meeting. 



Sect. 3L The Auditor shall audit all accounts of the Treasurer, Cu- 

 rators and Committees, and shall report at the Annual Meeting. 



Sect. 35. The Librarian shall be ex officio a member of the Library 

 Committee. He shall receive, and have the custody of, all books and 

 other printed works, maps, charts, and diagrams of the Institute ; shall 

 attend to their arrangement, cataloguing and preservation; shall con- 

 duct the correspondence relating to the Library and acknowledge all 



