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three years. The first President under this rule was elected at the annual meeting in 1906 

 and his term of office began January 1, 1907. The President shall not be eligible for elec- 

 tion as his own successor. 



4. (1) The term of office of the Vice-Presidents shall be three years. The terms of the 

 Vice-Presidents which, under a previous provision of the Constitution, should have expired 

 in 1911 and 1912 are regarded as having expired on December 31, 1911. Those terms 

 which, under the same conditions, should have expired in 1913 and 1914 are regarded as 

 having expired on December 31, 1912; those which should have expired in 1915 and 1916 are 

 regarded as having expired on December 31, 1913. Beginning with the four Vice-Presi- 

 dents elected for the term ending December 31, 1914, there shall be four Vice-Presidents 

 elected each year to take the place of those whose terms expire. The Vice-Presidents to fill 

 the vacancies occurring each year in any class shall be elected by the Council from their own 

 membership. Retiring Vice-Presidents shall be eligible for re-election. 



(2) Honorary Vice-Presidents shall be chosen from the list of Vice-Presidents who have 

 had at least ten years' service as Vice-President. They shall be chosen at the meeting of the 

 Council next prior to the annual general meeting of the Society and must be the unanimous 

 choice of all members of Council present. Not more than two Vice-Presidents may be elected 

 Honorary Vice-Presidents in any one year. 



5. ( 1 ) The term of office of the Members and Associate Members of Coimcil shall be 

 three years. Prior to August 1st of each year the Secretary shall mail to each Member and 

 Associate a list of the names of the Members and Associate Members of Covmcil whose terms 

 expire with the current year, and shall enclose a blank on which each Member may, if he 

 so desires, nominate one additional candidate for Member of Council and one additional 

 candidate for Associate Member of Council ; and each Associate Member may, if he so de- 

 sires, nominate one additional candidate for Associate Member of Council. No nominations 

 received by the Secretary after August 31st shall be considered. 



(2) Prior to September 1st of each year the President shall appoint a nominating com- 

 mittee of five, at least three of whom shall be Members. This committee shall scrutinize the 

 nomination slips sent in by Members and Associates and prepare a ballot. This ballot shall 

 contain the names of all the retiring members and Associate Members of Council who shall 

 not have declined re-election and a sufficient number of additional names to make a total of 

 nine candidates for Member of Council and three candidates for Associate Member of Coun- 

 cil. The names listed on the ballot, other than those of retiring Members and Associate 

 Members of Council, shall be chosen by the nominating committee from those who have re- 

 ceived the highest number of votes on the nominating lists returned by members of the 

 Society. 



(3) Should the number of names which have received at least ten votes in the case of 

 nominees for Members of Council and five votes in the case of nominees for Associate Mem- 

 bers of Council be insufficient to complete the number on the ballot list above provided for in 

 sub-paragraph (2), the nominating committee shall add enough names 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 1st 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 



