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Sec. 3. The officers of the Section shall consist of an executive 

 committee of three, one of whom shall act as the secretary. They 

 shall be elected by plurality vote at the first regular meeting of the 

 Section in the fall of each calendar year and shall serve for a term 

 of one year, or until their successors are elected. 



Sec. -i. The secretary shall keep the minutes of the Section, shall 

 conduct its correspondence, shall announce its meetings, shall be cus- 

 todian of its records, shall collect all moneys due the Section, and shall 

 have the custody of all moneys received. 



Sec. 5. The executive committee shall control the expenditure of 

 all funds and shall select the speakers, place and dates for meetings 

 of the Section. Two members shall constitute a quorum of this 

 committee. 



Sec. 6. The election of officers or other important business shall 

 be undertaken only at meetings of which all members of the Section 

 have been notified at least three days in advance. At such meetings 

 five members shall constitute a quorum. 



Sec. 7. The meetings shall be open to guests introduced by mem- 

 bers, except when otherwise stated in the announcement of the 

 secretary. 



Sec. 8. There shall be no stated dues. The secretary shall collect 

 by assessment from the members such amounts as the executive com- 

 mittee may find necessary to meet the incidental expenses of the 

 Section. 



Sec. 9. These by-laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of 

 the members present at any meeting. 



Mr. M. L. Merritt gave a very interesting talk before the open 

 meeting of the Portland Section of the Society of American Foresters 

 Monday, November 27. His subject was "Personal Experiences of 

 a Forester in the Philippine Islands," illustrated with about 100 lan- 

 tern slides. The meeting was followed by informal discussion. 



