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6. Report of Auditing Committee. 
7. Report of Director. 
8. Election of Officers. 
9. Election of Committees. 
10. Election of new members. 
11. Communications. 
12. Miscellaneous business. 
Src. 13. All reports and resolutions shall be in writing, and the ayes 
and nays may be called on any resolution at the request of one Manager. 
SEc. 14. Whenever the funds of the Society shall permit, the Board of 
Managers or the Executive Committee may award medals or other prizes 
for meritorious work connected with the objects of the Society. 
ARTICLE III. 
OFFICERS. 
SEc. 1. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, two 
Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary and a Director of the Zoological 
Park. These officers, with the exception of the Director, shall be elected 
at the annual meeting of the Board of Managers, but any vacancy may be 
filled for an unexpired term by the Board of Managers, or by the Executive 
Committee, until the next annual election. 
Src. 2. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Board and of 
the Society, and shall be ex-officio a member of the Executive and Auditing 
Committees. 
Src. 3. The Vice-Presidents shall, in the absence of the President, per- 
form his duties and possess his powers, acting in the order of their election. 
Src. 4. The Treasurer shall receive, collect and hold, subject to the 
order of the Board of Managers, or the Executive Committee, all dues, sub- 
scriptions, fees and securities. He shall pay all bills as ordered by the Board 
of Managers or the Executive Committee, and shall report to the Society 
at its annual meeting, and to the Board’of Managers at all regular meetings 
and to the Executive Committee at each meeting. He shall keep all moneys 
and securities in some bank or trust company to be approved by the Board 
of Managers or Executive Committee. The books of the Society shall at 
all times be open to the inspection of the Managers. 
Src. 5. The Secretary shall be a salaried officer of the Society. He 
shall be present, unless otherwise relieved by the Board or Executive Com- 
mittee, at all meetings of the Society, of the Board and of the Standing 
Committees. He shall keep a careful record of all proceedings, shall have 
the custody of the seal, archives and books, other than books of account, 
and shall conduct the correspondence of the Society. He shall issue all no- 
tices and tickets and shall perform such other duties as the Board may di- 
rect. He shall be a member ex-officio of the Executive and Auditing Com- 
mittees and of the Scientific Council. 
SEc. 6. The Director of the Zoological Park shall be elected annually 
by the Executive Committee at a salary to be determined by said Commit- 
