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cover such points as what officers you will have, how 

 long they shall hold office, what initiation fee you will 

 require, how many members you will admit, what fines, 

 if any, you will impose for absence, what duties shall 

 devolve upon your officers and members, and what order 

 of exercises you will follow in your meetings. The fol- 

 lowing schedule may prove serviceable as a suggestion: 



1. The name of this society shall be . 



2. The officers shall be . 



3. The entrance fee shall be . 



4. The regular dues shall be . 



5. The order of exercises at all regular meetings shall 

 be: a. Roll-call; &. Minutes of last meeting; c. Treas- 

 urer's report; d. Report of corresponding secretary; 

 e. Reports of members, on specimens, etc.; f. Miscellan- 

 eous business; g. Adjournment. 



6. New members may be elected at any regular meet- 

 ing of the society, by ballot, and adverse votes shall 

 exclude. 



7. The meetings of this society shall be conducted in 

 accordance with the rules of order contained in . 



Each chapter is expected to have a by-law to the effect 

 that its secretary shall send to the President of the A.A. 

 a carefully prepared annual report on the date assigned 

 by its charter, and that, should the chapter at any time 

 disband, immediate notice shall be sent to the President. 

 Full directions for these annual reports are given on 

 another page. 



Some chapters have a by-law requiring each member 

 to support our official organ, but all these matters are 

 left to local option. It is well, in a final section, to define 

 the manner in which your by-laws may be amended. 



The second article, concerning officers, should con- 

 tain a clause limiting the time during which the various 



