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TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY 



Board by mail ballot. The affirmative 

 votes of two-thirds of the Trustees shall 

 elect a candidate, provided no negative 

 vote is cast. 



Sec. 13. Any candidate for Member- 

 ship or Fellowship who fails to secure 

 the recommendation of the Examining 

 Board for election may not become a can- 

 didate again until two years shall have 

 elapsed from the date of the Board's last 

 decision in regard to the candidate. 



Sec. 14. Fellows retiring from the 

 practice of the profession may be con- 

 tinued as Fellows by vote of the Society. 



Sec. 15. Members shall have the vote 

 five years after date of election. They 

 shall not be eligible to office or to mem- 

 bership on the Board of Trustees, but 

 shall be eligible for appointment on Com- 

 mittees. 



Sec. 16. Fellows shall have the vote, 

 and be eligible to office and to member- 

 ship on the Board of Trustees. 



Sec. 17. Associates shall have no 

 vote, and shall not be eligible to office or 

 to membership on the Board of Trustees, 

 but shall be eligible for appointment on 

 committees. 



Sec. 18. Corresponding and Honor- 

 ary Members shall have no vote, shall 

 not be eligible to office or to member- 

 ship on the Board of Trustees, but shall 

 be eligible to appointment on commit- 

 tees, and shall be exempt from all fees 

 and dues. 



Sec. 19. A Member or a Fellow may 

 be expelled by two-thirds vote of the 

 Fellows and voting Members mailed or 

 handed to the Secretary. 



Article II 



OFFICERS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES 



Sec. 1. The officers shall be a 

 President, a Vice-President, a Treasurer, 

 and a Secretary, who, together with a 

 representative from each chapter chosen 

 by the Fellows and voting Members of 

 the Society, shall constitute the govern- 

 ing board, and be known as the Board of 

 Trustees. 



Sec. 3. Officers and other members of 

 the Board of Trustees shall be elected by 

 the affirmative ballots of a majority of 

 the Fellows and voting Members, mailed 

 or handed to the Secretary, and shall hold 

 office until their successors shall have 

 been elected and shall have qualified. 



The method of nomination and elec- 

 tion shall be as follows: On or before Oc- 

 tober 1 of each year the Secretary shall 

 mail to each member a list of the then 

 officers and trustees with an indication 

 of the dates of the expirations of their 

 several terms and the vacancies to occur 

 at the end of the current official year and 

 the terms for which such vacancies are to 

 be filled, together with a copy of this sec- 

 tion of the By-Laws, and shall invite all 

 members to submit to the Board of Trus- 

 tees through the Secretary before Novem- 

 ber 1 any suggestions they may have for 

 filling the vacancies. Between Novem- 

 ber 1 and November 10 the Board of 

 Trustees shall consider the suggestions oi 

 members submitted through the Secre- 

 tary and make nominations for filling the 

 vacancies, and the Secretary shall mail 

 these nominations to all Fellows and vot- 

 ing Members. Any Fellow or voting 

 Member may between November 10 and 

 December 10 submit over his signature 

 to the Secretary independent nomina- 

 tions. Between December 10 and De- 

 cember 15 the Secretary shall mail to each 

 Fellow and voting Member an official bal- 



