4 BY-LAWS. 



SECTION IV. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The annual meeting for the election of Officers, a Professor and 

 Standing Committees, shall be held on the first Saturday of October, 

 and they shall enter upon their respective duties on the first Satur- 

 day of January ensuing. 



SECTION Y. 



NOTICE OF ELECTIONS. 



At least ten days' notice shall be given by the Recording Secre- 

 tary of every annual election, by publishing the same in not less 

 than three newspapers printed in the city of Boston. The notice 

 shall specify the- time and place of said election, and the different 

 Officers, a Professor and Committees, to be voted for ; and unless 

 thirty members at least shall be present, and give in their votes, 

 the President or presiding officer shall adjourn the said election for 

 the term of three weeks,,of which adjourned election the like notice 

 shall be given as of the annual election, and the election shall then 

 proceed, whatever may be the number of members present. 



SECTION VI. 



MODE OF BALLOTING. 



The names of persons to be balloted for at the annual election 

 shall be contained on one ballot, and the offices for wliich they are 

 respectively nominated shall be distinctly designated. The polls 

 shall remain open thirty minutes at least, and, when closed, the 

 President or presiding officer shall appoint a Committee of two to 

 assort, count, and report the number of votes given, and the Presi- 

 dent shall declare who has a majority and who are elected. 



SECTION VII. 



THE STATED MEETINGS. 



The stated meetings of the "Society shall be held on the first 

 Saturday of January, of April, of July, and of October. Should a 



