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It shall be one of the duties of the President to prepare an address which 

 shall be delivered before the Academy at the annual meeting at which his term 

 of office expires. 



The Librarian shall have charge of all the books, collections, and material 

 property belonging to the Academy. 



Article V. Council. 



The Council shall consist of the President, Vice-President, Librarian, 

 Secretary, Treasurer, and the President of the preceding year. To the Council 

 shall be entrusted the management of the affairs of the Academy during the 

 intervals between regular meetings- 



Article VI. Standing Committees. 



The Standing Committees of the Academy shall be a Committee on Publi- 

 cation and a Committee on Membership and such other committees as the 

 Academy shall from time to time deem desirable. 



The Committee on Publication shall consist of the President, the Secretary, 

 and a third member chosen annually by the Academy. 



The Committee on Membership shall consist of five members chosen an- 

 nually by the Academy. 



Article VII. Meetings. 



The regular meetings of the Academy shall be held at such time and place 

 as the Council may designate- Special meetings may be called by the Council 

 and shall be called upon written request of twenty members. 



Article VIII. Publication. 



The regular publications of the Academy shall include the transactions 

 of the Academy and such papers as are deemed suitable by the Committee on 

 Publication. 



All members shall receive gratis the current issues of the Academy. 



Article IX. Affiliation. 



The Academy may enter into such relations of affiliation with other organ- 

 izations of appropriate character as may be recommended by the Council and 

 ordered by a three-fourths vote of the members present at any regular meeting. 



Article X, Amendments. 



This constitution may be amended by a three-fourths vote of the member- 

 ship present at an annual meeting, provided that notice of the desired change 

 has been sent by the Secretary to all members at least twenty days before such 

 meeting- 



BY-LAWS 



I. The following shall be the regular order of business: 



1. Call to order. 



2. Reports of officers. 



3. Reports of standing committees. 



4. Election of members. 



5. Reports of special committees. 



6. Appointment of special committees. 



7. Unfinished business. 



8. New business. 



9. Election of officers. 

 10. Program. 



Adjournment. 



II. No meeting of the Academy shall be held without thirty days' previous 

 notice being sent by the Secretary to all members. 



