CONSTITUTION OF 

 THE AMERICAN BISON SOCIETY. 



ARTICLE I.— NAME 

 The name of this organization shall be The American Bison Society. 



ARTICLE II.— OBJECTS 



The objects of this Society shall be the permanent preservation and 

 increase of the American Bison. 



ARTICLE III.— MEMBERSHIP 



Section 1. — The membership of this Society shall consist of Associate 

 Members, Members, Life Members, and Patrons. 



Section 2. — i\ny person in sympathy with the objects of this Society may 

 become an Associate Member by paying the prescribed dues. 



Any person in sympathy with the objects of this Society may become a 

 Patron, Life Member, or Member upon election by the Executive Committee 

 and payment of the prescribed fees or dues. 



Section 3. — The dues'of an Associate Member shall be One Dollar, payable 

 annually. The dues of a Member shall be five dollars, payable annually. 

 The fee of a Life Member shall be one hundred dollars. The fee of a 

 Patron shall be one thousand dollars. 



Section. 4. — A member may be expelled from the Society upon the written 

 recommendation of any officer, by a majority vote of the members of the 

 Executive Committee present at any meeting, provided notice of such proposed 

 action, with reasons therefor, be sent to the member and to the Executive 

 Committee at least one week before such meeting. 



ARTICLE IV.— GOVERNMENT 



Section 1. — ^The governing body of this Society shall consist of a Board of 

 Managers of twenty-seven persons, divided into three groups of nine each. 

 The tenure of office of the Managers shall be three years, but only nine 

 Managers' terms can expire by limitation in any one year. Therefore, at 

 each annual meeting of the Society, nine new members shall be elected by 

 ballot of a majority of the members present, due notice having been given 

 in advance to all members. 



Section 2. — The Board of Managers shall elect each year at its annual 

 meeting, from its own members, by ballot and a majority vote, a President, 

 two Vice-Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer, and five persons to form, with 

 the President and Secretary, the Executive Committee of the Society. Hon- 

 orary officers, each to serve a term of one year, may be elected at the discretion 

 of the Executive Committee. 



Section 3. — Vacancies occurring in the Board of Managers and Executive 

 Committee may be filled by the Executive Committee to complete the year in 

 which they occur. 



Section 4. — At the annual meeting a Nominating Committee, consisting of 

 three members, shall be appointed by the presiding officer; their duties shall 

 be to present a list of candidates to fill vacancies on the Board of Managers. 



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