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3. Any member or associate who resigns or is dropped under the provisions of Sec- 
tions 1 and 2 of this article ceases to have any rights in the Society and ceases 
to incur further indebtedness to the Society. 
4. Any person who has ceased to be a member or associate under Section 1 or Sec- 
tion 2 of this article may be re-instated by a unanimous vote of the executive 
committee subject to the payment of any outstanding dues and obligations 
which were incurred prior to the date when he ceased to be a member or associate 
of the Society. 
5. Any member or associate who, after being granted a hearing by the executive 
committee, shall be found guilty of a violation of the code of ethics of this 
Society or shall be found guilty of a violation of the established principles of pro- 
fessional ethics, or shall be found guilty of having made a false or misleading 
statement in his application for membership in the Society, shall be asked to re- 
sign from the Society by a unanimous vote of the executive committee. The de- 
cision of the executive committee in all matters pertaining to the interpretation 
and execution of the provisions of this section shall be final. 
V OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES 
A. Officers 
1. The officers of the Society shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary- 
treasurer, and an editor. These, together with the past president, shall constitute 
the executive committee and managers of the Society. 
2. A ticket of nomination for officers and representatives shall be prepared by a 
Committee on Nominations, which shall consist of the president, and the two 
qualified past presidents in order to precedence. Favorable action of this com- 
mittee shall be two out of three votes. The ticket decided on by this committee, 
as well as any ticket presented in writing and signed by twenty other members 
in good standing, shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer by December 
31st. At least three candidates for president shall be named on the ticket. This 
shall be placed on a ballot and one mailed to each member in good standing on 
December 31st by the Secretary-Treasurer, not later than January roth. A 
blank space shall be left on this ballot for writing in nominations for each place. 
Before ballots are mailed the Secretary-Treasurer shall secure written ac- 
ceptance of nomination from each candidate. 
The nominations for president shall be alphabetically arranged, except the re- 
tiring vice-president, who shall automatically occupy first place on the ticket. 
Each member shall express a first choice for president, and a second choice for 
another candidate for president. First choice votes shall count double and 
second choice shall count single. The candidate receiving the highest number of 
votes so cast and counted shall be elected president, and the candidate receiving 
the second highest number of votes so cast and so counted shall be elected vice- 
president, except where the choice conflicts with Section Three of Article V, in 
which case the next highest candidate shall be elected vice-president. 
Such ballots, to be counted as valid, must be received by the Secretary-Treasurer 
at his official recognized address not less than ten days prior to the Annual Meet- 
ing. The ballots shall be mailed to the Secretary-Treasurer in envelopes which 
shall carry the written signature and the typewritten name of the member. 
These ballots will be opened and counted by the nominating committee im- 
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