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 SECTION IX. 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



The Board of Trustees shall consist of fifteen members, 

 including the President and the two Vice-Presidents, who 

 shall be members of the Board ex ojficiis. Four members in 

 addition to the President and one Vice-President shall be * 

 chosen each year, except as provided in Section X., and shall 

 serve for the term of three years. 



The Board of Trustees shall hold stated meetings on the 

 first Saturdays of January, April, and October in each year. 

 Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President 

 or by a call signed by any two members of the Board on at 

 least three days' notice, which may be given by mail at the 

 last address of the member so notified appearing on the 

 records of the Secretary. This notice may be waived in 

 writing. Eight members of the Board shall constitute a 

 quorum thereof. 



In the absence of action by the Society as provided in 

 Section II., the Board of Trustees shall, have and exercise the 

 following powers and duties : 



(1) They shall have general charge and direction of the 

 business of the Society. 



(2) They shall have the care and management of the 

 Society's real estate, and may lease the same, or any part 

 thereof, and make all necessary repairs ; but no sale of the 

 Society's real estate, except sales of shares in real estate 

 trusts, so called, held by the Society as part of its invested 

 funds, shall be valid without a vote of the Society authorizing 

 such sale. 



(3) They shall have the care and management of the So- 

 ciety's invested funds and other personal property, with power 

 to invest, reinvest, and transfer the same in their discretion, 

 or they may authorize and approve transfers and investments 

 made by the Treasurer, as provided in Section VI. They shall 



