CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. Xxiil 
dents, Honorary Vice-Presidents, Vice-Presidents or members of Council, who shall act for 
the President in his temporary absence and shall perform all the duties which would devolve 
upon that officer during such Annual Meeting or on such special occasion. 
2. (1) The direct management of the Society shall be vested in an Executive Commit- 
tee of seven, composed of five members of Council, elected annually by the Council, and the 
President and the Secretary of the Society ex-officio. At least three of the five elective 
members of the committee shall be Members of the Society. 
(2) Meetings of the Executive Committee may be held at any time, subject to the call 
of the Chairman; and four members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any 
business that may be properly brought before the Committee. 
3. The Executive Committee shall manage the affairs of the Society in conformity with 
the laws under which it is incorporated and the provisions of this Constitution. It shall 
direct the investment and care of the funds of the Society; make appropriations for specific 
purposes; arrange for the reading and publication of professional papers; take measures to 
advance the interests of the Society, and generally direct its affairs under such regulations 
as the Council may from time to time prescribe. 
4. The Executive Committee shall make an annual report to the Society, transmitting 
the report of the Secretary and Treasurer, and of any special committee which may have 
been ordered. 
5. (1) The Secretary shall be the Executive Officer of the Society under the immedi- 
ate direction of the President and the Executive Committee. 
(2) He shall prepare the business for the annual meetings and record the proceedings 
thereof. 
(3) He shall be responsible for all expenditures and certify the accuracy of all bills 
or vouchers upon which money has been paid, and he shall conduct the correspondence of 
the Society and keep full records of the same. 
6. The Treasurer shall see that all money due the Society is collected and carefully 
invested in such manner as the Executive Committee may direct. If considered advisable 
by the Council, the duties of Treasurer may be performed by the Secretary. 
7. The accounts of the Secretary and Treasurer shall be audited annually in such man- 
ner as the Executive Committee may direct. 
ARTICLE VI. 
Meetings. 
1. There shall be at least one annual general meeting of the Society for the reading 
and discussion of professional papers, election of officers for the ensuing year, and transac- 
tion of such other business as may be brought before it. The time and location of this meet- 
ing shall be determined by the Council at least three months prior to the date fixed. 
2. Special meetings may be called by the Executive Committee at the request of twenty 
members, which request shall state the purpose of the meeting. The call for such meetings 
shall be issued ten days in advance, and shall state the purpose thereof. At these meetings 
thirty members shall constitute a quorum. 
3. The Society may adopt, from time to time, such rules as it may think proper for the 
order of business at its meetings. 
