ARTICLE v.— DUTIES OF OFFICERS 



Section 1. — The duties of the officers shall be such as pertain to their respec- 

 tive offices in similar societies. The President shall be ex-officio chairman 

 of the Board of Managers and of the Executive Committee. 



Section 2. — The Vice-Presidents shall perform the duties of the President, 

 in his absence, in the order of seniority of office. 



Section 3. — The Secretary shall record the proceedings of the Society of 

 its Board of Managers, and of its Executive Committee, in books to be kept 

 for the purpose ; shall have charge of all records belonging to the Society, and 

 of its publications ; shall conduct the correspondence of the Society and keep 

 a record thereof: shall inform members, Managers, and officers of their 

 election ; and shall give notice of all meetings, and inform the Managers and 

 officers of all matters requiring their action. 



Section 4. — The Treasurer shall collect all bills and assessments due the 

 Society; shall pay from the funds of the Society all bills duly approved by 

 the President, or by three members of the Executive Committee ; shall send 

 to the Secretary once a month the names and addresses of all new members 

 He shall also furnish, at the request of the Executive Committee, a statement 

 of the financial condition of the Society. 



ARTICLE VI.— MEETINGS 



Section 1.- — There shall be an annual meeting of the Society, for the 

 election of Managers and other general purposes, on the second Thursday 

 of January. 



Section 2. — Special meetings may be called upon seven days' notice by the 

 President, or on a written application signed by three members of the Board 

 of Managers, stating the object of said meeting. 



Section 3. — The annual meeting of the Board of Managers shall be held 

 immediately after the annual meeting of the members of the Society, and other 

 meetings may be held at such times as the President or Executive Committee 

 may deem desirable. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. 

 Section 4. — Meetings of the Executive Committee may be held at such 

 times and places as may be appointed by the President, or, in his absence, 

 by the Secretary, and three days' notice of each meeting shall be given. 

 Three members constitute a quorum. 



Section 5. — The order of business shall be as follows : — 

 Reading records of previous meeting. 

 Reports of Committees. 

 Reading communications. 

 Unfinished business. 

 New business. 

 Cushing's Manual shall be the authority for the decision of disputed 

 questions of order and debate. 



ARTICLE VII.-AMENDMENTS 



Amendments or alterations of the Constitution may be made by a two-thirds 

 vote of a meeting of the Board of Managers at any meeting, provided written 

 notice of the proposed change shall have been sent by mail to every member 

 of the Board of Managers not less than seven days previous to said meetmg. 



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