xiv CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 
5. (a) Prior to September first of each year the Executive Committee shall prepare bal- 
lots for filling the places of the retiring Council Members. The ballots shall contain the names 
of six Members and three Associates of the Society and shall be mailed as soon as practicable 
after September first of each year to all Members and Associates. 
(b) An independent nomination for Council Members may be made in writing by not 
less than thirty Members and Associates, of which number at least two-thirds must be Mem- 
bers; and if such nomination is received by the Secretary prior to September fifteenth ballots 
shall then be prepared by him, containing the names of those thus nominated, and these ballots 
shall also be mailed to the membership. 
(c) Each Member may vote for not more than six Members and three Associates, 
and each Associate may vote for not more than three Associates to be Council Members. 
The ballots shall be returned to the Secretary and canvassed by the Council at its meet- 
ing just prior to the Annual General Meeting of the Society; and the six Members of the 
Society and the three Associates receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared 
elected Council Members. 
(d) A vacancy in the office of Council Member shall be filled by the Council for the 
unexpired term. 
ARTICLE V. 
Officers. 
1. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, Past Presidents, Honorary 
Vice-Presidents, twelve Vice-Presidents and a Secretary and Treasurer. 
2. Only Members and Associates of the Society are eligible for the office of President, 
Honorary Vice-President or Vice-President. 
3. (a) At its meeting just prior to the Annual General Meeting of the Society held in 
the year with which the term of the President expires, the Council shall nominate a candidate 
for the office of President whose name shall be presented to the Society at the said annual 
meeting. 
(b) The nomination of any other candidate signed by at least sixty Members and Asso- 
ciates, of which number at least two-thirds must be Members, and submitted to the Secre- 
tary prior to the annual meeting, shall also be presented. 
(c) The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be President for the 
ensuing three years. 
(d) 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 the vacancy occurs, and at the Annual General Meeting of that year a new Pres- 
ident shall be elected for three years in the manner prescribed in the preceding paragraphs. 
(¢) The President shall not be eligible for election as his own successor. 
4. Honorary Vice-Presidents may be chosen from the list of Vice-Presidents or from 
the list of Council Members who have had at least twelve years’ service. They shall be chosen 
at the meeting of the Council next prior to the Annual General Meeting of the Society and 
shall be the unanimous choice of all Council Members present. 
Not more than two Honorary Vice-Presidents may be elected in any one year. 
5. The Vice-Presidents to fill the vacancies occurring each year shall be elected by the 
Council from its own membership. Retiring Vice-Presidents shall be eligible for re-election. 
The term of office of the Vice-Presidents shall be three years. 
