REPORT OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 117 



Section VII to be amended by striking out at the end of the 

 £rst sentence the words "elected annually by the Society" and in- 

 serting in place thereof the words : — appointed annually by the 

 Board of Trustees for a term of one year beginning on the first day 

 of January ensuing, so that said sentence shall read as follows : 



The Secretary shall be appointed annually by the Board of Trustees for 

 a term of one year beginning on the first day of January ensuing. 



Section IX to be amended by inserting in the first line of the 

 first sentence of clause (6), after the word "appoint," the words: — 

 the Treasurer and Secretary of the Society, — also by striking out in 

 the fourth line of said sentence the word "either" and inserting in 

 place thereof the word : — any, — so that said sentence shall read as 

 follows : 



They shall appoint the Treasurer and Secretary of the Society, a Super- 

 intendent of the Building, and a Librarian of the Society, and define their 

 duties, except when these are determined by the By-Laws, and may re- 

 move them or any of them, and appoint others in their stead, whenever, 

 in their opinion, the interests of the Society shall require it. 



Section XIV to be amended by inserting at the end of the first 

 sentence of clause (1) the following new sentence: 



Said committee shall nominate candidates for all offices which are to be 

 filled by election by the members of the Society. 



Section XIV to be further amended by inserting in the first line 

 of the first sentence of clause (2), after the word "office," the 

 words : — which is to be filled by election by the members of the 

 ■Society, — so that said sentence shall read as follows : 



Nominations for any office which is to be filled by election by the mem- 

 bers of the Society, in addition to those made by the Nominating Com- 

 mittee, may be made by papers signed by fifteen or more members of the 

 Society, and deposited with the Secretary at least two weeks before the 

 Annual Meeting. 



The report of Mr. Hill was accepted and it was voted to recom- 

 mend to the Society at the next annual meeting the adoption of the 

 proposed amendments. 



