VI TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



Article IV. — Officers. 



The officers of this Society shall be a President, four Vice-Presi- 

 dents, a General Secretary, a Secretary to the Council, a Treasurer, 

 and a Curator, all of whom, together with six other active members, 

 shall constitute a Council, all to be elected by ballot at each annual 

 meeting. The officers shall serve one year, or until their successors 

 are elected. 



Article V. — The Cotincil. 



All business of the Society, except the election of officers at the 

 annual meeting, shall be transacted by the Council, five members 

 of which shall constitute a quorum. 



The Council shall meet one half-hour before the regular sessions 

 of the Society, and at such other times as they may be called to- 

 gether by the President. They may call special meetings of the 

 Society. 



Article VI. — The Sections. 



For active operations the Society shall be divided into four sec- 

 tions, as follows : Section A, Somatology ; Section B, Sociology ; 

 Section C, Philology, Philosophy, and Psychology; Section D, 

 Technology. The Vice-Presidents of the Society shall be ex-officio 

 chairmen of these sections respectively, and shall be designated by 

 the President to their sections after their election. It shall be the 

 duty of these sections to keep the Society informed upon the pro- 

 gress of research in their respective fields, to make special investiga- 

 tions when requested by the Council, to announce interesting dis- 

 coveries, to collect specimens, manuscripts, publications, newspaper 

 clippings, etc., and in every way to foster their divisions of the 

 work. 



All papers presented to the sections shall be referred to the Coun- 

 cil, and through it to the Society. 



Article VII. — Tiie President. 



The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, 

 shall preside over the meetings of the Society and of the Council, 

 and shall appoint all committees in the Council and in the Society. 



At the first meeting in February the retiring President shall de- 

 liver an address to the Society. 



