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lot containing the nominations of the 

 Board of Trustees and any independent 

 nominations received by him before De- 

 cember 10, and use every reasonable ef- 

 fort to secure the return of sufficient bal- 

 lots previous to the Annual Meeting of 

 the Society to permit formal announce- 

 ment of the election at that meeting; im- 

 mediately after which, if previously elect- 

 ed, or as soon thereafter as elected, the 

 new officers and other new trustees shall 

 assume office. 



Sec. 3. The President, or, in his ab- 

 sence, the Vice-President, shall call and 

 preside at all meetings of the Society and 

 of the Board of Trustees, and shall per- 

 form such duties as are customary to the 

 office, or as shall have become customary 

 to the office in this Society, or as may be 

 assigned to him by the Board of Trus- 

 tees. 



In the absence of both President and 

 Vice-President from any meeting of the 

 Society or of the Board of Trustees, or 

 in the event that neither of these is able 

 to preside, a temporary chairman shall 

 be elected by the meeting to perform the 

 functions of the President during the 

 meeting. 



Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall receive all 

 money due the Society, and shall receipt 

 for it ; shall disburse the funds but only 

 on order of the President, as authorized 

 by the Board of Trustees ; shall keep the 

 accounts, which shall at all times be open 

 to the inspection of the officers and the 

 Board of Trustees ; and shall perform 

 such other duties as are customary to the 

 office, or as shall become customary to 

 the office in this Society, or as may be 

 assigned to him by the Board of Trustees. 



Sec. 5. The Secretary shall keep a 

 record of all the proceedings of the So- 

 ciety ; notify members of their election to 



office or appointment to committees and 

 candidates for admission or advancement 

 of their election ; issue all notices includ- 

 ing the presentation of questions for mail- 

 ballot vote; and perform such other du- 

 ties as are customary to the office, or 

 shall have become customary to the office 

 in this Society, or as may be assigned to 

 him by the Board of Trustees or the 

 President. 



Sec. 6. The President, the Treasurer, 

 and the Secretary shall report annually to 

 the Society in time for the Board of 

 Trustees to act on such reports before 

 their presentation at the Annual Meeting 

 of the Society. 



Sec. T. The Treasurer's accounts shall 

 be audited at or before the time of the 

 Annual Meeting by two auditors who 

 shall be nominated and elected each year 

 for the ensuing year in the same manner 

 as provided for the officers in Section 2 

 of this article. 



Sec. 8. In January, 1020, the Presi- 

 dent and the Secretary shall be elected 

 each for a term of one year, the Vice- 

 President and Treasurer each for a term 

 of two years; in January, 1921, the Presi- 

 dent and the Secretary each for a term 

 of two years ; in January, 1922, the Vice- 

 President and Treasurer each for a term 

 of two years ; and, thereafter, each of 

 these offices shall continue to be filled, 

 by biennial elections, for terms of two 

 years. 



Sec. 9. In addition to the election 

 of officers (as provided in Section 8 

 above of this Article) the trustees here- 

 tofore elected shall serve out the terms 

 for which they were elected, and there 

 shall be elected in January, 1920: 



One trustee representing the New 

 York Chapter to serve 2 years, 



