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Sec. 13 Any member of the Board of 

 Trustees absent from a meeting of the 

 Board may be represented by another 

 member of the Board of Trustees present 

 and holding his written proxy for that 

 meeting, and it shall be the duty of the 

 Secretary in issuing notice of any meet- 

 ing of the Board, to state all the import- 

 ant business to come before the meeting 

 and to invite a proxy from any member 

 not expecting to attend. 



Sec. 14. A majority of the Board of 

 Trustees present in person and by proxy 

 shall constitute a quorum for the trans- 

 action of business at any of its meetings. 



Sec. 15. Business discussion and bal- 

 loting on the part of the Board of Trus- 

 tees may be conducted by mail, telegram, 

 or telephone ; but, in any case, any three 

 members of the Board shall have the 

 right within three days of the issuance 

 of the notice by mail or telegram, or of 

 their receipt of the notice by telephone, 

 to call for the discussion of the matter in 

 open meeting, whereupon such open 

 meeting shall be necessary prior to action 

 on the matter in question ; and the re- 

 sults of any voting by mail, telegram, or 

 telephone shall be reported at the next 

 meeting of the Board, and be made a mat- 

 ter of record. 



Article III 



MEETINGS 



Sec. 1. There shall be an annual 

 Meeting in the month of January in each 

 year at a time and place to be determined 

 by the Board of Trustees. 



Sec. 2. Other meetings may be called 

 by the President, with the approval of 

 the Board of Trustees, and shall be 

 called by him on petition signed by twen- 

 ty Fellows. 



Sec. 3. Thirty days' notice of all meet- 

 ings of the Society shall be mailed to all 

 members, except in an emergency, when, 

 with the approval of the Board of Trus- 

 tees, the President may call a meeting 

 at shorter notice. 



Sec. 4. Ten Fellows and voting Mem- 

 bers shall constitute a quorum at any 

 meeting of the Society ; but no vote 

 passed at any meeting of the Society 

 shall be regarded as doing more than ex- 

 pressing the collective judgment of those 

 present unless and until approved by the 

 Board of Trustees and by the necessary 

 affirmative ballots of at least a majority 

 of the Fellows and voting Members (cf. 

 .\rticle 4, Business, Section 1). 



Sec. 5. No guests shall be invited to 

 any business meeting of the Society ex- 

 cept with the consent of the Board of 

 Trustees, but this restriction shall not be 

 understood to apply to dinners and even- 

 ing meetings or to other occasions where 

 business is not to be transacted. 



Article IV 

 BUSINESS 



Sec. 1. All business shall be re- 

 ported upon by the Board of Trustees 

 before being voted upon by the Society ; 

 and all votes committing the Society to 

 any measure shall be taken by mail- 

 ballot, and, to be effective, must be taken 

 after or with written notice to the whole 

 membership, and be passed by the affirm- 

 ative ballots of at least a majority of the 

 Fellows and voting Members of the So- 

 ciety; provided that the affirmative bal- 

 lots of a majority of the Fellows and 

 voting Members of the Society, present 

 at any meeting of the Society, shall be 

 effective if and when the action shall have 

 been approved by the Board of Trustees 

 and even thousfh written notice shall not 



