CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. XV 
6. The Secretary and Treasurer must be a member of the Society and shall be elected 
annually by the Council, but may be removed for cause at any time by a majority vote of 
the Council after due notice has been given. 
ARTICLE VI. 
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, how- 
ever, 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 Presidents, Honor- 
ary Vice-Presidents, Vice-Presidents or members of Council, who shall act for the Presi- 
dent 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 Committee 
of nine, composed of seven members of Council, elected annually by the Council, and the 
President and the Secretary of the Society ex-officio. At least five of the seven elective mem- 
bers 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 busi- 
ness that may be properly brought before the committee. 
3. The Excutive 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 pur- 
poses; arrange for the reading and publication of professional papers; take measures to ad- 
vance 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 immediate 
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 in- 
vested in such manner as the Executive Committee may direct. If considered advisable by 
the Council, the duties of the Treasurer may be performed by the Secretary. 
