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SECTION VII. 



THE STATED MEETINGS. 



The Stated meetings of the Society shall be held on the first 

 Saturday of January, of April, of July, and of October. 



SECTION VIII. 



QITORTJM. 



Six members, exclusive of the President or presiding officer, 

 shall be a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings 

 except that of the annual election. 



SECTION IX. 



ORDER OF BUSINESS. 



1. Reading the Records of last meeting. 



2. Proposals for membership. 



3. Reports of Commitlees. 



4. Deferred and new business. 



5. Elections. 



6. Reading of communications. 



SECTION X. 



VACANCIES, HOW FILLED. 



Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any of the offices of the 

 Society it may be filled by a special election, of which two 

 weeks' notice shall be given by the Recording Secretary in not 

 less than three newspapers printed in the city of Boston ; and if 

 vacancies occur in the Standing Committees, they may be filled 

 at any regular meeting of the Society. 



SECTION XI. 



THE PRESIDENT. 



The duty of the President shall be to preside at all the meet- 

 ings of the Society ; to keep order ; to state the business before 

 the Society ; to state and put questions which shall have been 

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