160 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



ARTICLE VII ELECTION OF OFFICERS 



SECTION i. The officers shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting. The first 

 ballot shall be informal. 



SECTION 2. It shall require a majority of all ballots cast to elect any officer. Should 

 there be three or more candidates for any office after the second informal ballot, the 

 lowest one on the list shall be dropped after each succeeding ballot until some one gets a 

 majority. 



SECTION 3. The newly elected officers shall asume the duties of their office immedi- 

 ately at the close of the annual meeting. 



SECTION 4. Vacancies in office shall be filled by a majority vote of the Executive 

 Committee. 



ARTICLE VIII DUTIES OF OFFICERS 



SECTION i. The duties of the President shall be to preside at all meetings of the 

 Association and of the Executive Committee and to perform the usual duties of that 

 office. He shall appoint all committees not otherwise provided for, and sign all checks, 

 drafts or orders on the funds of the Association. 



SECTION 2. The duties of Vice- Presidents. In the event of the absence of the Presi- 

 dent or his inability to act, the first Vice-President shall perform the duties of the Presi- 

 dent In case of the absence or inability to act of the first Vice-President, the second 

 Vice-President shall perform the duties of the President. 



SECTION 3. The Duties of the Secretary-Treasurer shall be: 



(a) To keep the records of all transactions of the Association. 



(b) To have charge of all the correspondence of the Association. 



(c) To collect all money due the Association. 



(d) To be custodian of all properties belonging to the Association. 



(e) To prepare and distribute notices of all meetings. 



(f ) To deposit all funds of the Association in such bank or banks as may be desig- 

 nated in writing by the Executive Committee. 



(g) To pay out of the funds of the Association only by check countersigned by the 

 President and accompanied by itemized bills, which shall later be receipted and filed. 



(h) To make a financial report at each annual meeting. 



(i) To make a report of the minutes of all meetings. 



(j) To edit an annual report in the event of the authorization of a report by the 

 Executive Committee. 



SECTION 4. The Secretary-Treasurer shall give a bond which shall be effective when 

 approved by the Executive Committee. 



SECTION 5. The duties of the Executive Committee shall be to have general charge 

 of the affairs of the Association when not in annual session. 



ARTICLE 9 COMMITTEES 

 SECTION i. At the annual meeting the President shall appoint 



(a) A Legislative Committee of three whose duty it shall be to promote legislation 

 which shall safeguard the interests of poultry husbandry. 



(b) A Committee on Investigational Work. 



(c) A Committee on the Systematizing of instruction in Poultry Husbandry. 



(d) A Committee on the Advancement of the Principles of Breeding Poultry. 



(e) A Committee on the Progress in the knowledge of the Feeding of Poultry. 



