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vided, and shall hold office until their successors are elected 

 and qualified. The offices of Recording Secretary and Corres- 

 ponding Secretary may be held by the same mem ber, at the 

 discretion of the society. 



Sec. 2. All elections of officers shall be by ballot, members 

 present only voting. No member shall be represented by proxy. 

 In case there should bcno choice on the first ballot, all candi- 

 dates except the two having the highest number of votes (or, in 

 the event of a tie, the three highest) shall be dropped. The ma- 

 jority of all votes cast shall be necessar}^ to a choice. 



Sec. 3. The officers of the society, together with the last two 

 living ex-Presidents residing in San Francisco or its vicinity, 

 shall constitute a Board of Trustees, which shall have the gen- 

 eral management of the society's business affairs, and the care 

 and control of its property; shall appoint all subordinate officers 

 and exercise all powers and perform all duties of a Board of 

 Management necessary to sustain and carry on its operations. 

 Thev are authorized, whenever in their opinion it is deemed 

 advisable, to loan any instrument or materials to any member, 

 upon receiving from such member the actual cost price of the 

 same : such instruments or accessories to be returned to the so- 

 ciety when required by said officers, together with proper com- 

 pensation for their use. 



Sec 4. The President, or in case of his absence or inability 

 to serve, the Vice-President shall preside at the meetings of the 

 society and of the Board of Trustees; he shall appoint standing 

 committees and supervise the general business of the society ; he 

 shall make a report of the condition and progress of the society 

 in all its departments at the annual meeting, and, at his 

 pleasure, bring to its notice any important events of interest to 

 it. In the absence of both President and Vice-President from 

 any meeting, a chairman pro tern, may be chosen, who shall pre- 

 side at such meeting. 



Sec 5. The Recording Secretary shall keep a record of the 

 Board of Trustees ; receive the papers read before the society, 

 and prepare them for publication by combining them with his 

 reports for the press ; he shall give suitable notice of time and 

 place of meetings of the society ; keep a duly classified list of the 

 members, and attend to such other business in his department 

 as the Board of Trustees may direct. 



