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Sec. 2. Meetings of the Board of Trustees may be held at 

 any time and place, at the call of the President. The President 

 shall also call a meeting of the Board of Trustees whenever re- 

 quested to do so by any two members thereof. Three trustees 

 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 



Sec 3. Five members shall constitute a quorum for the trans- 

 action of business at any stated or special meeting, and seven 

 members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 

 ness at the annual meeting. 



Article V. — Fees and Dues. 



Section 1. Regular members shall pay an initiation fee of 

 twenty dollars, and one dollar per month dues. Regular mem- 

 bers desirous of becoming life members can do so upon the pay- 

 ment of seventy-five dollars 



Sec 2. Any regular member in arrears for dues more than 

 three months, except in case of absence from the state, shall be 

 notified in writing by the Treasurer, and if his dues remain un- 

 paid for one month thereafter, his name may be dropped from 

 the list of members. 



Sec 3. All money received for life membership shall consti- 

 tute a special fund, to be invested by the Board of Trustees, and 

 onPy the income derived therefrom shall be used for current ex- 

 penses. This fund shall not be used for any purpose without 

 a vote of two-thirds of the members present at a stated or spec- 

 ial meeting, and notice of such intention having been given in 

 open meeting at least two weeks previous. 



Article VI. — Publications. 



Section 1. The permanent publications of the society shall 

 be directed by a Committee on Publications, under the general 

 supervision of the Trustees. 



Sec 2. Each regular, life, and honorary member shall receive, 

 free of cost, one copy of all publications issued by the society 

 during membership. 



Article VII. — Amendments. 



Section 1. Amendments to this constitution may be made at 

 any annual meeting, without notice and at any stated or special 

 meeting called for the purpose, upon notice of two weeks, stat- 

 ing the substance of the proposed amendments. 



Sec 2. All or any part of this Constitution may be sus- 



