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BY-LAWS. 



CHAPTER I. 



OF OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES. 



ART. I. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, 

 a Vice-President, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, 

 a Treasurer, all of whom shall be elected annually, at the stated 

 meeting in December. 



ART. II. The President shall preside at the meetings of the So- 

 ciety, enforce the laws, preserve order and decorum, regulate debates, 

 state and put questions agreeably to the sense and intention of the 

 members, and announce the determination of the Society thereupon. 

 He shall nominate the Chairman of all Committees other than those 

 especially excepted, give the casting vote when required, and call 

 special meetings of the Society at such times as he may deem it 

 necessary, or at the request of any three members in writing. He 

 shall be, ex-officio, a member of all Standing Committees. 



ART. III. In the absence of the President, his duties shall devolve 

 upon the Vice-President, or in the absence of both, a President pro 

 tempore, selected from the members ; or at his request when present, 

 his duties may be performed by the Vice-President. 



ART. IV. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct and pre- 

 serve the correspondence of the Society, keep correct copies of all 

 letters written on the business of the Society, acknowledge the receipt 

 of all donations from persons who are not members of the Society, 

 notify all corresponding members of their election and keep a correct 

 list of all such members, with the dates of their election, resignation 

 or death. He shall have charge of the certificates of membership, 

 and cause one to be properly filled up,' signed, sealed and delivered 

 to each member, and shall lay before the Society at the stated meet- 

 ing in December a written report of his transactions during the pre- 

 ceding year. 



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