THE FORESTER. 



January, 



cational, legislative, or other measures tending 

 to the promotion of these objects. It shall 

 especially endeavor to centralize the work done 

 and diffuse the knowledge gained. 

 ARTICLE III. 

 Members. 



Sec. f. Any person may become a member 

 of this Association, as hereinafter provided. 



Sec. 2. Members shall be divided into five 

 classes: Patrons. Life Members, Active Mem- 

 bers, Associate Members, and Honorary Mem- 

 bers. 



Sec. 3. Any person contributing at one time 

 the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) to the 

 permanent fund of the Association shall be a 

 Patron. Any person may become a Life Mem- 

 ber by the payment of fifty dollars ($50) at one 

 time. Patrons and Life Members shall not be 

 liable for annual dues. Active Members are 

 those who pay the annual dues of two dollars 

 ($2). Associate Members are the members of 

 any local Forestry Association which shall 

 vote to affiliate itself with the American For- 

 estry Association, under such rules as the 

 Board of Directors may adopt. Honorary 

 Members shall be the officers of State, Terri- 

 torial, Provincial, or other forestry associa- 

 tions, or the delegates from such associations, 

 or the delegates of any Government. 



Sec. 4. Applications for membership shall be 

 referred to and voted upon by the Board of 

 Directors at any regular or called meeting 

 therefor. 



Sec. 5. All members except Associate and 



Honorary members shall be members of this 



corporation and shall be entitled to vote and 



hold office in said corporation. 



ARTICLE IV. 



Officers. 



Sec. 1. The officers of this Association shall 

 be a Board of Directors, a President, a Vice 

 President for each State, Territory and Prov- 

 ince represented in the Association, a Treas- 

 urer, a Recording Secretary, and a Correspond- 

 ing Secretary. 



Sec. 2. These officers shall be elected by 

 ballot at the annual meeting of the Associa- 

 tion, and shall serve one year, or until their 

 successors are elected. Vacancies occurring 

 during the year may be filled by the Board of 

 Directors. 



ARTICLE V. 

 The Board of Directors. 

 The Board of Directors shall have the con- 

 trol and management of the funds and prop- 

 erty of the Association. The Board shall 

 consist of eleven (11) members, and shall elect 

 its own Chairman and Secretary. The latter 

 shall have the custody of the corporate seal. 

 The Board shall have power to fill any vacancy 

 occurring therein, the appointee to serve until 

 the next annual meeting. The Board shall 

 take, receive, hold, and convey such real and 

 personal estate as may become the property of 

 the Association for the purposes of the Asso- 

 ciation set forth in the certificate of incorpora- 

 tion and in Article II above. A majority of 



the Board shall be a quorum. The Board shall 

 meet one-half hour before the annual meeting 

 of the Association, and at such other time as 

 it may be called together by its Chairman. 

 ARTICLE VI. 

 The President. 

 The President shall preside at all meetings 

 of the Association. 



ARTICLE VII. 

 Vice President. 

 In the absence of the President, a Vice 

 President shall preside at the meetings of the 

 Association; and in the absence of all of them 

 a President pro tem. shall be elected by the 

 meeting. 



ARTICLE VIII. 

 The Recording' Secretary. 

 The Recording Secretary shall keep a record 

 of the proceedings of the Association and the 

 Board of Directors and shall be custodian of all 

 documents, books, and collections ordered to be 

 preserved. 



ARTICLE IX. 

 The Corresponding Secretary. 

 The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct 

 the correspondence of the Association. He 

 shall keep a list of members, with their resi- 

 dences, and shall notify members of the time 

 and place of all meetings of the Association. 

 ARTICLE X. 

 The Treasurer. 

 The Treasurer shall have the custody of all 

 moneys received. He shall deposit and invest 

 the same in such manner and to such extent $ 

 the Board of Directors shall direct, and shall 

 not expend any money except under the direc- 

 tion or approval of the Board of Directors. The 

 financial year of the Association shall close on 

 November 30 of each year. 



ARTICLE XI. 



Meetings. 



The annual meeting for the election of offi- 

 cers and the transaction of such business as 

 requires to come before the entire Association, 

 shall be held on the second Wednesday in 

 December, at such hour and place as the Board 

 of Directors may determine. 



A quorum shall consist of fifteen (15) mem- 

 bers of the Association (Patrons, Life mem- 

 bers, or Active members), as specified in section 

 5 of Article III. 



Special meetings may be called by the Board 

 of Directors. 



ARTICLE XII. 

 Dues. 

 The annual dues for Active members shall be 

 two dollars ($2) payable in advance upon the 

 first dav of January. 



The Board of Directors shall have power to 

 remit the annual dues of a member. 



ARTICLE XIII. 

 Amendments. 

 These By-Laws may be amended by a three- 

 fourths vote of the members present and 

 entitled to vote at the annual meeting of the 

 Association. 



