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TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY 



have been sent out to the whole member- 

 ship ; and provided that, in any case, one- 

 fifth of the total number qualified to vote 

 on the matter shall have the right, within 

 three days of the issuance of the notice, 

 to call for the discussion of the question 

 in open meeting, whereupon such discus- 

 sion in open meeting shall be necessary 

 prior to action on the question. 



Sec. 2. At or before the Annual Meet- 

 ing, tellers shall be appointed by the 

 President who shall count all mail-ballots 

 received by the Secretary during the pre- 

 ceding year, and report in writing over 

 their signatures the tabulated results, 

 which shall be filed by the Secretary. 



Article V 



CHAPTERS 



Sec. 1. Local Chapters may be 

 founded by any three or more Fellows 

 with the approval of the Board of Trus- 

 tees by a majority vote of the Fellows 

 of the American Society of Landscape 

 Architects, Inc., provided that all voting 

 Members of such Chapters shall be Mem- 

 bers or Fellows of the American Society 

 of Landscape Architects, Inc., and shall 

 remain members thereof in good stand- 

 ing, and provided that the Presidents and 

 Vice-Presidents and a majority of each 

 Board of Trustees or of each Executive 

 Committee of such Chapters shall be 

 Fellows of the American Society of Land- 

 scape Architects, Inc., and provided that 

 the Constitutions of such Chapters shall, 

 in the opinion of the Board of Trustees 

 of the American Society of Landscape 

 Architects, Inc., not be in conflict with 

 these By-Laws and shall have been ap- 

 proved by and shall be modified only 

 with the consent of or at the request of 

 the Board of Trustees of the American 

 Society of Landscape Architects, Inc., 



and provided that the American Society , 

 of Landscape Architects, Inc., may at any^ 

 time by a two-thirds vote of its Fellows 

 abolish any Chapter, and provided that 

 each year, in time for presentation at\the 

 Annual Meeting of the American Society 

 of Landscape Architects, Inc., the Presi- 

 dent of each Chapter shall report, through 

 the Chapter's Secretary, to the Board of 

 Trustees of the American Society of 

 Landscape Architects, Inc., regarding 

 the important events of the previous 

 year in the life of the Chapter. 



Article VI 

 FEES AND DUES 



Sec. 1. Candidates for admission 

 shall be subject to an admission fee of 

 ten dollars ($10.00) one-half of which 

 shall accompany their proposal, the bal- 

 ance to be paid upon the admission of 

 the candidate. Should the candidate fail 

 to be elected, the Society shall retain the 

 initial payment of five dollars ($5.00) to 

 cover expenses of inquiry and examina- 

 tion. 



Candidates for advancement shall be 

 subject to an advancement fee of ten dol- 

 lars ($10.00), one-half of which shall ac- 

 company their proposal, the balance to 

 be paid upon the advancement of the can- 

 didate. Should the candidate fail of ad- 

 vancement, the Society shall retain the 

 initial payment of five dollars ($5.00) to 

 cover expenses of inquiry and examina- 

 tion. 



Sec. 2. The yearly dues for Fellows 

 shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) ; of 

 Members, ten dollars ($10.00) ; and of 

 Associates, ten dollars ($10.00). Persons 

 admitted or advanced after October 1 

 shall be exempt from dues until the fol- 

 lowing January. 



