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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



to the Comtnittee on Elections at the main 

 office of the Association and must be re- 

 ceived by the Committee on or before No- 

 vember I. The Committee on Elections 

 shall nominate a candidate for each officer 

 to be elected at the next annual meeting 

 of the Association. The candidates nomi- 

 nated by the Committee on Elections, to- 

 gether with any other nominations made 

 by not less than twenty-live members of 

 tfie Association, which must have reached 

 the Committee on Elections prior to No- 

 vember I, shall be published in the Decem- 

 ber issue of the magazine, with the names 

 of the members of the Associaition making 

 the nomination appended to the nomina- 

 tion of any such candidates. The Secre- 

 tary of the .^ssociation shall cause a ballot 

 to be printed containing the names of all 

 candidates nominated by the Committee on 

 Elections and by any group of twenty-five 

 or more inenibers of the Association as 

 hereinbefore provided and shall mail such 

 ballots to all members of the Association 

 having the right to vote at least four weeks 

 in advance of the annual meeting. The 

 members of the Association, except Honor- 

 ary Members, shall elect the officers by 

 mailing to the Secretary in sufficient time 

 to be received one week before the annual 

 meeting a ballot containing the names of 

 the candidates to be voted for. Every 

 ballot shall contain the name and address 

 of the member submitting it. The ballots 

 shall be counted by three tellers appointed 

 by the Committee on Elections, who shall 

 decide any question as to the ballots sub- 

 mitted and' who shaill officially certify the 

 total vote cast. A majority of the ballots 

 cast shall be sufficient for election. 



Section 3. Immediately following the 

 adoption of these By-Laws, the Board of 

 Directors shall designate a Committee on 

 Elections to conduct nominations for all 

 officers to be elected for the year 1922 and 

 shall announce such Committee before the 

 adjournment of the annual meeting. Sug- 

 gestions for nomination by any member or 

 nominations for such officers by any group 

 of twenty-five or more members shall be 

 submitted to the Committee on Elections 

 in accordance with the foregoing preced- 

 ure not later than February 10, 1922. The 

 Committee on Elections shall cause all 

 nominations duly submitted, together with 

 its own nominations, to be published in the 

 March issue of the magazine; and a ballot 

 containing the names of all candidates 

 nominated shall thereupon be sent to every 

 member of the Association, except Hon- 

 orary Members. Ballots must be received 

 at the office of the .Association within four 

 weeks from the mailing thereof by the 

 Secretary; such date to be promptly certi- 

 fied by him to the Committee on Elections. 

 Tellers shall be appointed by the Commit- 

 tee on Elections and sha;ll report the vote 

 to the Board of Directors which shall an- 

 nounce the names of the officers elected in 



the next issue of .\merican Forestry and 

 notify such officers by mail. 



Section 4. Any vacancy among the offi- 

 cers, whether occasioned by death, resig- 

 nation or otherwise, may be filled for the 

 remainder of the year by the Board of Di- 

 rectors by ballot at their next meet- 

 ing after the happening of such vacancy. 

 Ha Director shall be elected as President 

 or Treasurer of the Association, the va- 

 cancy in the Board of Directors thereby 

 created shall be filled for the balance of 

 the year in the regular manner. 



Section 5. Seven members of the Board 

 of Directors shall constitute a quorum for 

 the transaction of business. 



Section 6. Meetings of the Board of 

 Directors may be held, either at the office 

 of the Association in Washington, D. C, 

 or at such other place in the United States 

 as the President may determine. Meetings 

 of the Board shall be held upon five days' 

 notice, whenever called by the President or 

 by three members of the Board, and a 

 meeting of the Board should be held at least 

 once every three months. 



ARTICLE v. Committees 



Section i. Exccutk'c Committee. The 

 President may appoint seven members of 

 the Board of Directors to act as an ex- 

 ecutive committe, which shall have and 

 exercise such powers during the intervals 

 between the meetings of the Board as the 

 Board may delegate to it. 



Section 2. Finance Committee. The 

 President may appoint three members of 

 the Board of Directors to act as a finance 

 committee in advising with the Secretary 

 and Treasurer with reference to financial 

 matters, and to exercise whatever powers 

 are conferred upon it by the Board of Di- 

 rectors. 



Section 3. The annual financial report 

 shall be printed in the next issue of the 

 periodical magazine published by the .'\s- 

 sociation after the annual meeting. 



ARTICLE VI. Officers 



Section i. The officers of the Association 

 shall be a President, twenty-one Vice 

 Presidents, fifteen elected and two ex- 

 officio Directors, a Treasurer, a Sec- 

 retary, and a Forester. The President, 

 Vice Presidents, and the Treasurer shall 

 be elected annually ; three Directors shall 

 be elected annually for terms of five years 

 each. The Secretary and the Forester shall 

 be chosen by the Board of Directors to 

 serve for whatever term they may desig- 

 nate. The President and Treasurer shall 

 be ex-officio members of the Board of Di- 

 rectors. All officers shall serve until their 

 successors are elected. 



Section 2. The Directors designated as 

 permanent or elected for stated terms by 

 the members of the Association under the 

 By-Laws adopted in February, 1921, are 

 hereby reinstated for the terms for which 

 such Directors were elected prior to the 

 adoption of said By-Laws, that is : 



The terms of Henry S. Drinker, 

 Chester W. Lyman, and Charles F. 

 Quincy shall expire at the annual 

 meeting of 1923. 

 The terms of E. F. Baldwin, N. C. 

 Brown, Standish Chard, J. H. 

 Hammond, and Addison S. Pratt 

 shall expire at the annual meeting 

 of 1924. 

 The terms of all other Directors now- 

 serving shall expire at the annual 

 meeting of 1922. 

 There shall be elected at the annual 

 meeting of 1922 seven Directors who shall 

 divide themselves into three classes by lot 

 to serve for the following terms : three 

 for five years, three for four years, and 

 one for three years. There shall be elected 

 at the annual meeting of 1923 three Di- 

 rectors who shall serve for five years. 

 There shall be elected at the annual meet- 

 ing of 1924 five Directors who shall di- 

 vide themselves into two classes by lot to 

 serve for the following terms : three for 

 five years and two for one year. At the 

 annual meeting of 1925 and at each annual 

 meeting thereafter three Directors shall be 

 elected for the full term of five years. H 

 vacancies occur in the Board of Directors. 

 Directors shall be elected at the next an- 

 nual meeting to fill such vacancies, in each 

 case for the unexpired term of the Direc- 

 tor whose position has become vacant as 

 shall have been determined by the original 

 election of such Director or by lot as pro- 

 vided herein. 



ARTICLE VII. The President 

 The President shall be the chairman of 

 the Board of Directors and shall preside 

 at all meetings of the Association and of the 

 Board of Directors. In his absence the 

 members present at any meeting of the As- 

 sociation or of the Board of Directors, as 

 the case may be, shall appoint one of their 

 number to act as chairman of the meeting. 

 The President shall he ex-officio a member 

 of all committees. 



ARTICLE VIII. The Treasurer 

 The Treasurer shall have the custody of 

 the funds of the Association, shall counter- 

 sign all checks, shall perform such other 

 duties in connection with the finances of the 

 Association as the Board of Directors may 

 order, and shall present to the Board of 

 Directors at their first meeting each year a 

 statement showing the receipts and dis 

 bursements of the Association for the pre- 

 ceding year and its assets and liabilities. 



The Board of Directors may appoint an 

 .Assistant Treasurer to countersign checks, 

 in the absence or disability of the Treas- 

 urer.or during any vacancy in that office, 

 and to perform such other duties in con- 

 nection with the finances of the Association 

 as the Board may require. 



ARTICLE IX. The Secretary. 

 The Secretary shall be the managing of- 

 ficer of the -Association, shall keep the 

 minutes of all meetings of the Association 

 and of the Board of Directors, shall have 



