16 THE PROVENCHER SOCIETY 



IV — Direction Board 



The affairs of the society are managed by a direction board, 

 appointed at the annual meeting for one year. There are eleven 

 members: one president, two vice-presidents, one secretary-treas- 

 urer, four chiefs of section and three directors. A new member 

 may be appointed to a post if there is a vacation, before the end of 

 the year. 



There is a meeting of the direction board when it is necessary. 

 The quorum consists of five members. It is their duty to fix the 

 salaries of the officers and clerks of the society, to accept new 

 members, to dismiss members, to fill any office which may become 

 vacant during the year, to fix the annual amount for the contribu- 

 tion of each society admitted as active member, etc. 



V — Subdivision 



The society is divided into four sections: 



(a) Section of scientific studies, 



(6) " of educadional propaganda, 



(c) " of protection, 



(d) " of practical and scientific information. 



VI — President and Vice-Presidents 



The president presides over all meetings, supervises the ob- 

 servance of the regulations, has the general direction of the business 

 of the society, and convokes special meetings. He must make a 

 statement of what has been done during the year. 



One of the vice-presidents acts as president in the absence of 

 the former. 



When the president and the two vice-presidents are absent, a 

 temporary president is appointed. 



VII — Secretary-Treasurer 



a) The secretary -treasurer enters in a register: 1° a copy of 

 the letters patent by which the society is established and of all 

 letters patent in reference to it; 2° names, addresses and occupation 

 of each member. He enters in another register all the proceedings 

 of the general meetings and of the direction board meetings. He 

 looks after the correspondence and he advises members of the 

 meetings according to section thirteen. 



6) He must collect annual fees and all the sums due to the 

 society. He enters in a book all receipts and expenses. He never 

 pays a bill without the authorization of the direction board. All 



