CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. XV 
to bring the 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 rst 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 Associate 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 appointed 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 Members or Associates to suggest another list of candidates for the Council, 
any twenty Members and Associates may unite in submitting another list to the Secre- 
tary 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 number 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 
term of the Member 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. 
g. At all meetings of Council seven members shall constitute a quorum. 
to. 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. 
rz. 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- 
Presidents 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 
