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during' the month of February, the exact date and place to be de- 

 cided by the Board of Directors. 



Sfx". 2. Each Branch shall be entitled to elect one delegate to 

 attend the National fleeting, who shall present proper credentials, 

 and, if correct, such delegate shall be entitled to one vote for every 

 fifty members or fraction thereof in this local Branch. 



Sec. 3. At the annual meeting the delegates may hold one or 

 more sessions open to JDce-keepers for the consideration of such spe- 

 cial or general topics as the Board of Directors may decide upon. 



Article \'1. — Officers axd Duties. 



Sectiox 1. The officers of this Association shall be a President, 

 Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer-General ^lanager. These 

 ofificers shall be elected at each annual meeting of delegates and 

 serve for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. 



Sec. 2. The President shall preside at each annual m.eeting of 

 delegates, and at any special meeting which may i)e called. He 

 shall also preside at all meetings of Directors and perform any other 

 duties which may devolve upon the presiding officer. 



Sec. 3. The A'ice-President shall perform the President's duties 

 in his absence. 



Sec. 4. The Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings 

 of the annual meeting, maintain a list of all members of the Associa- 

 tion, with their addresses, collect, receipt and pay over to the Treas- 

 urer-General Manager all dues and membership fees; keep a proper 

 record of all business transactions, and perform such other duties as 

 may be required of him by the Association or Directors. 



Sec. 5. The Treasurer-General Manager shall care for the funds 

 of the Association, depositing the same in such depository as may 

 be approved by' the Directors. He shall also pay such orders com- 

 ing to him as may bear the signature of the one authori;?:ed by the 

 Directors to draw orders. 



Article \TI. — Board of Directors and Their Duties. 



Sec. 1. At each Annual Meeting of Delegates, in addition to 

 the officers named in Article VI., there shall be elected a Board of 

 live Directors. (For the 3'ear 191,2 the Officers and Board of Direc- 

 tors shall be elected at the regular ballot election of the Association, 

 to serve until their successors are elected bv a meeting of delegates.) 



Sec. 2. These Directors shall care for the business of the Asso- 

 ciation between the Annual ^Meetings. They shall have full super- 

 vision of the work of the officers elected, and shall have power to 

 remove from office any Officer or Director not acting in accordance 

 with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association. 



Sec. 3. The Board of Directors shall decide upon the compen- 

 sation of the various officers, authorizing the amounts so decided 

 upon to be paid from the general treasury. 



