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SEC. 2. Special meetiugs may be called by order of the president, 

 or at the written request of five members. Business to be transacted 

 at a special meeting shall be limited to the subjects stated in the call. 



SKC. 3. Field meetings shall be held at such times and places as the 

 field meeting committee may designate. 



SEC. 4. The Board of Directors shall meet on the first and third 

 Mondays of each month, and at such other times as they may be called 

 together by the president. 



SEC. 5. Five members shall be a quorum for holding any meeting of 

 the Institute, or of the Board of Directors ; but any less number, of 

 whom the secretary shall be one, shall have power to adjourn such 

 meeting. 



SEC. 6. Officers shall be elected at the annual meeting, but vacan- 

 cies may be filled by election at any regular meeting. 



SEC. 7. All elections shall be by ballot, and by a majority of the 

 members present and voting. 



ARTICLE V. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 



SEC. 1. The president, or in his absence one of the vice presidents, 

 shall preside at all meetings of the Institute, and of the Board of Di- 

 rectors. The president shall be ex officio chairman of the finance com- 

 mittee. 



SEC. 2. The secretary shall give notice of all meetings and record 

 their proceedings ; shall notify all members and officers of their elec- 

 tion ; shall have charge of all papers and documents relating to the 

 general business of the Institute ; shall conduct the general correspond- 

 ence ; and at the annual meeting shall report the doings of the Insti- 

 tute during the year. He shall acknowledge the receipt of all donations 

 except those to the library. He shall record in a book kept for that 

 special purpose the by-laws of the society and the names of its mem- 

 bers, with the date of their election, and, whenever any alteration, 

 amendment, or repeal of the by-laws is made, the same shall be entered 

 in said book. Me shall be ex officio chairman of the field-meeting com- 

 mittee, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors 

 shall from time to time designate by vote, and shall act as secretary of 

 such committees as do not choose a secretary from their own number. 



SKC. 3. The treasurer shall be ex officio a member of the finance 

 committee, and shall keep an exact account of all his receipts and ex- 

 penditures, and shall submit his report, after examination by the audi- 

 tor, at the annual meeting. 



SEC. 4. The auditor shall audit all accounts of the treasurer, cura- 

 tors and committees, and shall report at the annual meeting. 



SEC. 5. The librarian shall be ex officio a member of the library com- 

 mittee. He shall receive, and have the custody of, all books and other 

 printed works, maps, charts and diagrams, belonging to the Institute; 



