TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 155 



Sec. 2. Nineteen MaiuigiTs sliall CDnslitnte a (|ii(>rinn, l)iit ten Managers may 

 transact current l)usiness, and adjourn, suhjeet to the siil)sp(jiient approval of a 

 meeting at whicii a (|uiniiiii siiall l)c present. 



Sec 3. The Hoard of .Managers shall hold an annual meeting on the third 

 Tuesday of .January, or on such day tiiereafter to which said annual meeting shall 

 adjourn. Regular meetings of the Board may also be called by the Secretary on 

 the third Ttiesdays of October and April uj)on the request of the President or 

 Chairman of the Executive Conunittee. Special meetings of the Board shall be 

 called at any time by the Secretary upon the request of the President or Chair- 

 man of tiic Executive Committee, or at the written recpiest of five man;igers. 



Sec ■I'. Notices of meetings of the board sliall be luailcd |o each .Manager 

 at least three days before such meetings. 



Sec .). The successors to the outgoing class of Managers shall be elected by 

 the Society at its annual meeting, but vacancies in the board may be filled for the 

 unexjiired term by the Bt)ard of Managers, or by the Executive Committee. 



Sec (J. .V Nominating Committee shall be annually appointed by the Execu- 

 tive Conunittee, and shall consist of three members of the Society at large, who 

 shall nominate and post ten days before the annual election the names of twelve 

 ])ersons to succeed the outgoing class of Managers in a conspicuous place in the 

 office of the Society. 



Sec 7. No per.son shall be eligible for the election of the Board of Managers 

 except to fill vacancies, imless his name shall have been posted as a candidate 

 by such committee, or by not less than ten meml)ers, in writing, in a conspicuous 

 place in the oflice of the Society ten days before the annual election. All candi- 

 dates for election as Managers must be Life Members, Patrons, As.sociate Pound- 

 ers, or Founders of the Society. 



Sec 8. Any Manager who shall fail to attend three consecutive meetings of 

 the Board, unless excused by a vote of the Board, shall cease to be a Manager. 



Sec 9. The Board of Managers shall at its annual meeting elect a President, 

 two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall hold otfice for one 

 year, or until their successors are elected. The President, Vice-Presidents, and 

 Treasurer shall be members of the Board. 



Sec 10. The Director of the Zoological Park, the Director of the Aquarium, 

 and all other persons emi^loyed by the Society, shall be appointed by the Board 

 or by the Executive Committee, and shall hold olRce during the pleasure of the 

 Board. 



Sec 11. The Board shall, at its annual meeting, elect an Executive Com- 

 mittee and Auditing Committee, which shall hold office for one year, or until 

 their successors are elected. The Board of Managers and the Executive Com- 

 mittee shall also have authority to appoint such other Committees or officers as 

 they may at any time deem desirable, and to delegate to them such powers as 

 may be necessary. 



Sec 12. The order of business of the meetings of the Board shall be as 

 follows: 



1. Roll Call. 



2. Reading of minutes not previously read. 



3. Report of Executive Committee. 



4. Report of Secretary. 



5. Report of Treasurer. 



