XVI CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



(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 

 v^rith 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 professional 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, transmitting 

 the reix)rt 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 Treasurer may be performed by the Secretary. 



7. The accounts of the Secretary and Treasurer shall be audited annually in such man- 

 ner 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 at it may think proper for the 

 order of business at its meetings. 



Article VII. < 



Regulations and By-Laws. 



1. The Council shall have authority to establish such by-laws and regulations as may 

 be necessary for the government of the Society in the conduct of its affairs, provided that such 

 by-laws and regulations do not conflict with the provisions of this Constitution and that they 

 are approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of Council present at any meeting regu- 



