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forma quorum, and be competent to do all business which 

 may properl}' corne before them. 



Sd. That the oHcers and a,<Tents of the society shall be a 

 President, Vice President, Secretary, and Standing Com- 

 mittee, who shall be appointed at this meeting, and ateve- 

 yy general meeting in November hereafter. 



4th. It shall be the duty of the President to prcsidfe at 

 the general meetings of the Society, and at the meetings 

 of the standing comuiittee — to hold correspondence, im- 

 mediately, or by means of the Secretary, with the mem ■ 

 bers of the standing committee, and such other members 

 of the society, or of other Societies, or such individuals iu 

 the United States, or elsewhere, as he may deem proper, 

 for the purpose of obtaining and communicating informa- 

 tion relative to the objects of the institution, and to be in 

 all respects the organ of the Society and of the Standing 

 Committee, except as to the collection and payment of 

 money. 



5th. The Vice President shall be ex-officio a member of 

 the Standing Committee, and in case of the absence, death 

 or resignation of the Prei^idcnt, shall supply his place. 



6th. it shall be the duty of the Secretary to make and 

 preserve a record of the transactions of the Society, and 

 of the Standing Committee ; to collect, preserve, and under 

 the direction of the Society or President and Standing 

 Committee, pay out all subscription or other monies uue 

 to them, or subject to their control, and at every meeting 

 of the Society, to exhibit such statement of his receipts 

 and expenditures, as shall be to them satisfactory — and to 

 do and perform such other matters and things, as may be 

 directed or enjoined by the President, by the Standing 

 Committee, or by the Society. 



7. The Standing Committee shall consist of twenty menir 

 bers, selected from the several counties of the District of 

 Columbia and of the adjoining States — They shall hold 

 their first meeting on this day, and at such other times 

 and places as they may appoint, or as they may be called 

 to meet by the President ; the number convened, not less 

 than five, shall form a quorum— It shall be their duty, when 



