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Sect. 40. No member who shall be in arrears for one year shall be 

 entitled to vote or hold any office ; and any member so in arrears, who 

 shall refuse or neglect to pay his dues for six months after being notified 

 thereof by the Treasurer, by written notice duly recorded, shall cease 

 to be a member of the Institute. Provided, however, that any member 

 may, in lieu of the annual assessment, pay the sum of thirty dollars, 

 to be added to the funds of the Institute, tlie annual interest thereof 

 to be considered as the payment of the annual assessment of said 

 member. 



Sect. 41. Members elected more than four months, and within eight 

 months after an Annual Meeting, shall have one dollar deducted from 

 the next annual assessment; and members elected eight months or 

 more after an Annual Meeting, shall have two dollars deducted from 

 the next annual assessment. 



Sect. 42. The President and Treasurer may exempt members from 

 assessments, when they may deem it for the interest of the Society. 



ARTICLE VIII. — APPROPRIATIONS. 



Section 43. No Member, Officer, or Committee, except the Board of 

 Directors, shall incur any debt whatever in the name of the Institute ; 

 but whenever money shall be expended under any appropriation, an 

 account of receipts and expenditures, with the vouchers therefor, shall 

 be rendered to tlie Treasurer by the party having the same in charge, 

 and the net i-eceipts, if any, shall be paid into the Treasury within 

 thirty days after the object for which the appropriation was made 

 shall have been accomplished. 



Sect. 44. When no appropi'iation shall have been made, a statement 

 of all receipts and expenses incurred shall be made to the Treasurer 

 in like manner ; and when all bills shall have been paid, the net receipts 

 shall be turned over to the Treasurer, unless it have been otherwise 

 previously ordered by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors 

 may, in either case above named, in the name of the Institute, assume 

 all liability for any such debt as may be outstanding, when the balance 

 of said receipts shall have been placed in the Treasurer's hands ; pro- 

 vided they are satisfied that the gross receipts exceed all expenses 

 incurred by the party in charge, and that the business or entertain- 

 ment has been previously authorized by the Institute or the Board of 

 Directors. 



ARTICLE IX. — ROOMS. 



Section 45. The Rooms shall be open to members and the public at 

 such times and under such regulations as the Directors may determine. 

 Sect. 46. Visitors may be introduced by any member. 



