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total on the ballot up to nine candidates for Member and three candidates for Associate 

 Member of Council. 



(4) The ballots shall be sent by mail as soon as possible after September 1 of each 

 year to all Members and Associate Members of the Society. Each Member may vote for 

 not more than six Members of Council and two Associate Members of Council, and each As- 

 sociate may vote for not more than two Associate Members of Council. The ballots shall 

 be returned by mail to the Secretary and canvassed by a committee of three members ap^ 

 pointed by the President. This canvassing committee shall report the results of the election 

 to the Council at its meeting immediately prior to the Annual Meeting of the Society. 



(5) When the ballots have been sent out by the Secretary, should there be a desire on 

 the part of Meinbers or Associates to suggest another list of candidates for the Council, 

 any twenty Members and Associates may unite in submitting another list to the Secretary 

 which shall also be sent out to the membership to be considered in connection with the list 

 already sent. In any event, the six Members who receive the highest number of votes shall 

 be declared elected Members of Council, and the two Associates receiving the highest num- 

 ber of votes shall be declared elected Associate Members of Council, in each case for a term 

 of three years. 



6. A vacancy in the office of President shall be filled by ballot by the Council from the 

 list of Past Presidents, Honorary Vice-Presidents and Vice-Presidents until the end of the 

 year in which it occurs. At the annual meeting of that year a new President shall be elected 

 for three years in the manner prescribed in paragraph 3. A vacancy in the office of member 

 of Council shall be filled by the Council for the unexpired portion of the term of the Mem- 

 ber or Associate causing the vacancy. 



7. The President, Past Presidents, Honorary Vice-Presidents and Vice-Presidents shall 

 be ex-officio members of Council. 



8. The Council may hold meetings subject to the call of the President, as often as the 

 interests of the Society may demand. 



9. At all meetings of Council seven members shall constitute a quorum. 



10. The Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected annually by the Council, but may be 

 removed at any time by a majority vote of the Council after due notice has been given. 



11. The Secretary must be a Member of the Society. 



Article V. 



Management. 



1. (1) The President shall have general supervision over the affairs of the Society, 

 appoint special committees, and preside at the annual general meetings. He shall be ex- 

 officio member of all committees. 



(2) In the absence of the President, one of the Past Presidents, Honorary Vice-Presi- 

 dents or Vice-Presidents, in the order of seniority as determined by original accession to, or 

 election in, their respective grades, shall preside and perform all the duties of the President ; 

 where there is the same date of seniority, the alphabetical order will govern. Provided, 

 however, that for the Annual Meeting of the Society or for any other special occasion 

 when it is known that the President cannot attend and preside, the Executive Committee 

 shall, in its discretion, select and designate as Acting President any one of the Past Presi- 



