8 NEBRASKA ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



standing coniinittees provided for in Art. IV, Sec. 3, and to perform such 

 other duties as may properly pertain to the office. 



Sec. 2. Duties of the Vice-President. It shall be the duty of the 

 Vice-President to act in the absence or incapacity of the President. 



Sec. o. Duties of the ]\ecordinf>- Secretary. It shall be the duty of 

 the Recording Secretary to keej) a record of the meetings of the Union, 

 to countersign all orders and documents issued by the President, to 

 suiaerintend the publication of the Proceedings of the Union, to act as 

 Librarian, and to perform such other duties as properly pertain to the 

 office. 



Sec. 4. Duties of the Corresponding Secretary. It shall be the duty 

 of the Corresponding Secretary to conduct the general correspondence 

 of the Union, to prepare the program of the meetings, to send out the 

 call for such meetings, and to perform such other duties as properlj- 

 pertain to the office. 



Sec. 5. Duties of the Treasurer. It shall be the duty of the Treas- 

 urer to receive and have charge of all moneys of the Union and to pay 

 such bills as are endorsed by the President and Secretary. 



Sec. 6. Duties of the Editor. It shall be the duty of the Editor to act 

 with the Eecording Secretary in the publication of the Proceedings. 



Sec. 7. Duties of the Executive Committee. It shall be the duty of 

 the Executive Committee to fix the date of the annual meeting, to act 

 on applications for membership as provided in Art. II, Sec. 5, to concur 

 in the ajipointment of standing committees as provided in Art. IV, Sec. 3, 

 to fill by temporary appointment offices which shall become vacant, to 

 nominate three persons for each of the several offices that are to be 

 filled annually, and to decide election in case of a tie. 



AETICLE VI. (Election of Officers and Committees.) 



Sec. 1. The election of all officers and the Executive Committee shall 

 be by a mail ballot of active members of the Union, a majority of those 

 voting being required to elect, and the Corresponding Secretary shall 

 send a list of the nominees of the Executive Committee to each member 

 by the first day of November in each year. 



Sec. 2. The term of office shall extend from the end of one annual 

 meeting- to the end of the next one. 



ARTICLE VII. (Meetings.) 



Sec. 1. The annual meeting of the Union shall be held at such place 

 as the majority of the members shall by mail ballot select, and at such 

 time as tlie Executive Committee shall decide. 



ARTICLE VIII. (Dues and Assessments.) 



Sec. 1. The annual dues of the active members shall be one dollar 

 ($1.00), due at the time of election to membership and on the date of 

 each annual meeting thereafter. 



Sec. 2. The annual dues of associate members shall be fifty cents 

 (.$0.50), due at the time of election to membership and on the date of 

 each annual meeting thereafter. 



Sec. 3. A general assessment may be levied, if, all the members being 

 notified, two-thirds of those voting shall assent. 



Sec. 4. In case of failure to pay dues before the close of the year, a 

 member shall forfeit his right to the publications of the Union. 



