Xvi CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 
the Past Presidents, 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 Com- 
mittee 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 professsional 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, trans- 
mitting the report of the Secretary and Treasurer, and of any special committee which 
may have been ordered. 
s. (rt) The Secretary shall be the Executive Officer of the Society under the im- 
mediate direction of the President and the Executive Committee. 
(2) He shall prepare the business for the annual meetings and record the proceed- 
ings 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 Corres Oe 
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 advis- 
able 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 
manner 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 trans- 
action of such other business as may be brought before it. The time and location of 
this meeting 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. 
