Ul 



AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. 



ADOPTED SEPT. 29th, 1863. 



Article i. The officers of the Society shall consist of a 

 President, four Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, Secretary, and 

 thirty Trustees. 



Art, II. A Committee of one from each city and town in 

 the county, represented in the Society, shall be appointed at . 

 each annual meeting, by nomination from the floor, to report a 

 list of officers, (with the exception of Treasurer,) at the next 

 succeeding annual meeting, which report shall be acted on, and 

 the officers elected at said meeting by the ballots of the mem- 

 bers present. 



Art. III. The Treasurer shall be elected annually by the 

 Trustees, at their meeting in November. 



Art. IV. The Committee on nomination shall hold its 

 meeting prior to the first day of July each year ; and its report 

 shall be immediately placed in the hands of the Secretary, 

 for the examination of any member of the Society ; and the 

 Secretary shall cause ballots to be prepared in conformity with 

 said report, for the use of the members, and presented at the 

 annual meeting. 



Art. v. The first election under these amendments to be 

 had at the annual meeting in 1864, and they shall only apply 

 to the Trustees so fast as they go out of office under the pres- 

 ent tenure of election. 



