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AKTICI,!'; V 

 COMMITTEES 



Sec. I. The Executive Council shall consist of the President of the' 

 Society as chairman ex officio, the Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, 

 five other members elected by letter-ballot of the Society, one member 

 being elected each year, who shall serve for five years, or until their 

 successors are elected, and the Chairman of the Editorial Board. The 

 latter shall be chosen by ballot of the elected members of the Executive 

 Council and shall serve for one year, or until his successor is selected. 

 The President shall designate yearly from the members of the Execu- 

 tive Council the Chairman of the Committee on Meetings and a member 

 to be In Charge of Admissions. The other members of standing com- 

 mittees and the Editorial Board shall be appointed by the President, as 

 hereinafter j)rovided, and shall serve for one year, or until their suc- 

 cessors are appointed. 



Skc. 2. Five (5) members of the Executive Council shall constitute 

 a quorum. The Council shall control the funds of the Society and 

 shall discharge any other executive duties not specifically provided for 

 otherwise in this Constitution. The Council shall have the power to 

 fill any vacancies occurring in its number or in any office. It shall 

 elect persons to membership in the Society, in each of the respective 

 grades except Fellows, seven afifirmative votes being necessary to admit 

 any candidate to membership in the Society. The Executive Council 

 shall receive and act upon the written report of the Member in Charge 

 of Admissions on charges preferred against any member of the Society, 

 a vote of at least seven members of the Council being necessary to 

 suspend, enforce the resignation of, or expel the member in question. 

 The Executive Council shall have the power, by vote of at least seven 

 of its members, to draft and establish by-laws for conducting the aiTairs 

 of the Society in matters not provided for herein, but no such by-laws 

 shall abrogate or be inconsistent with any part of this Constitution. 

 Appeal from any action of the Executive Council may be taken to the 

 Society by obtaining the written concurrence of one-fourth of the 

 Senior Members and Fellows addressed to the President. 



Sue. 3. The Executive Council, before each annual meeting, shall 

 appoint a nominating committee of three (3) Senior Members or Fel- 

 lows of the Society, whose duty it shall be to make not less than two 

 (2) nor more than three (3) nominations for each of the offices and 

 for the members of the Executive Council. These nominations shall 

 be submitted to the Senior Members and Fellows of the S(u-ietv not 



