ARTICLE V.—DUTIES OF OFFICERS 
Section 1.—The duties of the officers shall be such as pertain to their 
respective offices in similar societies. The President shall be ex-officio 
chairman of the Board of Managers and of the Executive Committee. 
Section 2.—The Vice-Presidents shall perform the duties of the Presi- 
dent, in his absence, in the order of seniority of office. 
Section 3.—The Secretary shall record the proceedings of the Society, 
of its Board of Managers, and of its Executive Committee, in books to be 
kept for the purpose; shall have charge of all records belonging to the 
Society, and of its publications; shall conduct the correspondence of the 
Society and keep a record thereof; shall inform members, Managers, and 
officers of their election; and shall give notice of all meetings, and inform 
the Managers and officers of all matters requiring their action. 
Section 4.—The Treasurer shall collect all bills and assessments due 
the Society; shall pay from the funds of the Society all bills duly approved 
by the President, or by three members of the Executive Committee; shall 
send to the Secretary once a month the names and addresses of all new 
members. He shall also furnish, at the request of the Executive Com- 
mittee, a statement of the financial condition of the Society. 
ARTICLE VI.—MEETINGS 
Section 1.—There shall be an annual meeting of the Society, for the 
election of Managers and other general purposes, on the second Thursday 
of January. 
Section 2.—Special meetings may be called upon seven days’ notice 
by the President, or on a written application signed by three members of 
the Board of Managers, stating the object of said meeting. 
Section 8.—The annual meeting of the Board of Managers shall be 
held immediately after the annual meeting of the members of the Society, 
and other meetings may be held at such times as the President or Execu- 
tive Committee may deem desirable. Five members of the Board shall 
constitute a quorum. 
Section 4.—Meetings of the Executive Committee may be held at such 
times and places as may be appointed by the President, or, in his absence, 
by the Secretary, and three days’ notice of each meeting shall be given. 
Three members constitute a quorum. 
Section 5.—The order of business shall be as follows:— 
Reading records of previous meeting. 
Reports of Committees. 
Reading communications. 
Unfinished business. 
New business. 
Cushing’s Manual shall be the authority for the decision of disputed 
questions of order and debate. 
ARTICLE VII.\!AMENDMENTS 
Amendments or alterations of the Constitution may be made by a two- 
thirds vote of a meeting of the Board of Managers at any meeting, pro- 
vided written notice of the proposed change shall have been sent by mail 
to every member of the Board of Managers not less than seven days pre- 
vious to said meeting. 
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