CONSTITUTION 



ARTICLE I. 



The title of this Association is, " The Board of Deputies of Benevolent and 

 Emigrant Societies of the City of New York." 



ARTICLE II. 



The objects of this Association are : To guard and protect immigrants to 

 this country, arriving at the port of New York, and emigrants or strangers 

 about embarking hence for foreign or domestic ports, from fraud and imposi- 

 tion; and if such frauds or impositions are committed, to use all legal means 

 to bring the offender or offenders to justice, and to exercise vigilance and due 

 diligence in the pursuit of these objects, and to procure the requisite legisla- 

 tive acts in furtherance thereof. 



ARTICLE III. 



Sec. I. — The members of this Association are delegates from Benevolent 

 and Emigrant Societies. Each Society shall be entitled to two votes on all 

 questions. 



Sec. 2.— Each Society may be represented by two deputies, but any one 

 deputy present at a stated or special meeting, may represent his Society, and 

 his vote shall be final. 



ARTICLE IV. 



Sec. I.— The officers of this Association shall be a President, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Treasurer, Secretary, and three Directors, who shall be elected annually 

 by ballot, at the meeting in November ; and together these officers shall form 

 a Board for the transaction of such business as may be entrusted to them. 



Sec. 2. — The duty of the President shall be to preside at all meetings, to 

 decide questions of order, and perform the duties that usually appertain to 

 presiding officers. 



Sec. 3. — The duty of the Vice-President shall be to preside at all meetings 

 in the absence of the President, and to perform the duties of the President, in 

 case of his absence from the city. 



Sec. 4. — The duty of the Treasurer shall be to keep safely the moneys of 

 the Association, and disburse only such amounts as may be ordered on the 

 warrant of the President or acting President. 



Sec. 5. — The duty of the Secretary shall be to keep a true record of the 



