The President or presiding officer shall appoint a committee 

 of three to receive, assort, and count the votes given, and re- 

 port the number. A plurality shall elect, and the President 

 shall declare who are elected. 



Voting by proxy shall not be allowed at any meeting. 



SECTION XVI. 



MEMBERSHIPS. 



Any member may propose candidates for life or annual 

 membership to the Board of Trustees. Such proposal shall 

 be in writing and shall be accompanied by a statement of the 

 qualifications of such candidate for membership. On any 

 candidate being so proposed, said Board shall cause his name 

 and the name of the member proposing him to be posted for 

 at least one month in some public place in the Society's Build- 

 ing. During said month any member may file with the Sec- 

 retary a written protest against the election of said candidate, 

 and no candidate shall be eligible against whom thirty or more 

 such protests have been so filed. At the first meeting of the 

 Board of Trustees held after the expiration of the month 

 during which the name of the candidate has been so posted, 

 his name shall be voted on by such Board ; and he shall be 

 elected by a majority of the full number of such Board so 

 voting. The candidate so elected shall qualify himself for 

 membership within six months from the date when notice of 

 his election is given him, or his election shall be void. 



LIFE MEMBERS. 



A payment of thirty dollars shall constitute a life member- 

 ship, and exempt the member from all future assessments ; 

 and any annual member, having paid all dues, may become a 

 life member by the payment of twenty dollars in addition 

 thereto. 



