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regular meeting before such By-Law is adopted, and no By-Law 
shall be adopted except by a two-thirds vote of all the members 
present. 
«All elective officers, except as hereinbefore provided, shall be 
elected at the annual meeting of said corporation. All elective of- 
ficers shall hold their respective offices until their successors are 
elected. 
This constitution may be altered or amended by a two-thirds vote 
of all the members present at any regular meeting. 
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 22nd day 
of February, A. D., 1890. Signed, P. S. CoLLINS and others. 
BY-LAWS. 
ARTICLE I. 
SEc.1. The officers of this Association shall be a President, Vice- 
President, Secretary, Treasurer and a board of Directors. 
SEC. 2. The officers shall be elected at each annual meeting of the 
Association. 
SEc. 3. A majority of votes shall constitute an election. 
ARTICLE II. 
The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall preside 
at all meetings, and in their absence a presiding officer shall be 
elected pro tempore. 
ARTICLE Iil. 
SEc. 1. The Secretary shall keep the records of the Association 
in books to be furnished for that purpose; and shallattend to all cor- 
respondence of the Association not conflicting with the duties of 
the Agent. 
Sec. 2. He shall procure and keep a book to be called the “Roll 
of Membership,” in which shall be legibly written the articles of 
incorporation, and in which all persons elected to membership shall 
enroll their names. 
SEc. 3. He shall notify all persons of their election within five 
days after such election. 
Src. 4. He shall keep a book which shall contain a list of all the 
property of the Association, and shall make a report of the same at 
at each annual meeting. 
Sec. 5. He shall draw all orders or warrants on the Treasurer on 
the order of the Board of Directors. 
ARTICLE IV. 
Src. 1. The Treasurer shall be the custodian of the moneys of 
the Association. 
SEC. 2. He shall keep a true and accurate account with each ~ 
member, and shall collect all moneys due the Association. 
SEc. 3. He shall make an annual report to the Association of all 
moneys on hand, and the names of all members in arrears, and the 
amount due from such delinquent members. He shall also make 
a report when called for by the Board of Directors. 
